Buddhist monks on 2,300-mile “Peace Walk” across US

One in all my college students simply let me know that there’s a group of Buddhist monks strolling from Texas to DC in a “Stroll for Peace” that has the purpose of “elevating consciousness of peace, loving kindness, and compassion throughout America and the world.”

It’s a 120-day, 2,300-mile pilgrimage, and it’s attracting an ever-growing quantity of consideration as they share their journey on social media, and as native information picks up on the story. I’d missed this as a result of I’m not on Fb or Instagram, the place the monks are sharing, however I found right this moment that somebody is posting in regards to the stroll on Mastodon. Right here are a couple of Instagram posts from an enthusiastic mother from Alabama.

Two monks had been injured, and one final a leg, after a automobile bumped into them. The monks are guarded by a pilot automobile with flashing yellow lights, and a presumably impatient (the circumstances are unclear) pickup driver hit the automobile. The monks had been strolling on the shoulder of the highway, so it’s unclear why the truck driver tried to get round it. However in doing so he rammed the automobile into the monks. It’s lucky that nobody was killed.

Here is a link to the monks’ Facebook page.

The monks have a rescue canine referred to as Aloka (Pali for “mild”) with them. Aloka (“The Peace Dog”) has his own Facebook page!

This map reveals the route of the peace stroll and the monks’ present location.