Buddhist monks walk from Texas to nation’s capital to promote peace, unity and kindness

NATCHEZ — Buddhist monks from Fort Worth, Texas, are walking on a 2,300-mile, 110-day pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., to promote peace, unity and kindness.

They left Oct. 26 from their Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center.

And on Friday — Day 41 of their sojourn — the monks and their dog, Aloka, crossed the Mississippi River on the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge from Louisiana into Mississippi, where they were greeted by a small group of locals…

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