Walk for Peace-Buddhist monks from Texas to Washington
The 2025-2026 Walk for Peace is a 2,300-mile, 120-day pilgrimage by Buddhist monks from A g r o up of monks , l e d by Bhikkhu Paññakāra, is wal k i ng from Texas to Wa s h i ngto n , D.C. w i th a m i s s ion to pro mo te p e ac e , lov i ng-kind n ess , and compassion . T he i r jo urn e y focu ses on in spir i n g un it y and h o p e in a di vid e d wo r l d rat her t h a n s e r ving as a n ac t of pr o t e s t. Th e re a r e sever a l k e y mot i v atio n s be h ind this W a lk for Peace: Encouraging Inner Peace and Kin d n ess : T he mo n ks ai m to r e m in d in divid u als of the imp orta n c e o f n urtur i ng p e a ce an d co mp a ss io n wi t hi n th e m sel ve s . B y d o i n g s o , t hese valu es c a n extend to fa m i lie s a n d c o mmun i t i e s , cr e atin g a r ipp l e e f f e c t of posi ti v i ty . Pr a ctici n g "Tudo n g " : Th i s wa l k i s d ee ply ro ote d in t h e Theravada tradition of tudong, a...