Walk for Peace

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Monks walk for peace from Texas to Washington

Walk for Peace

Have you followed the story of the Buddhist monks who walked from Texas to Washington — 2,300 miles over 108 days — to raise “awareness of peace, loving-kindness, and compassion across America and the world?” Share your thoughts.

Buddhist monks walk for peace
Monks finish Walk for Peace at Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2026. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The 19 monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, and their rescue dog, Aloka, walked across nine states on their "Walk for Peace," finishing the trek in Washington on Feb. 11. Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra, the monks' leader, said the walk was not intended to bring peace to people, "but to raise the awareness of peace so that you can unlock that box and free it."

Read the story: "Monks Bring Balm for America's Wounds as Washington Cheers Peace Odyssey," by David Smith, The Guardian, Feb. 11, 2026]

See photos by The Associated Press

[Top photo: Caroline Gutman for The New York Times, Feb. 9. 2026]

Submissions

  • Poetry

    By Calico Frost

    Each step

    Each step is one towards the future

    each action leads to the next

    after the left foot comes the right foot

    after winter is spring

    after the war is the rejuvenation

    after the bad is the good

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