WASHINGTON – After a 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace,” a group of Buddhist monks arrived Tuesday at their final destination, drawing thousands of excited residents, students, and tourists.
“We are not walking from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to bring you any peace,” the group’s spiritual leader, Bhikkhu Pannakara, told the throng outside the Washington National Cathedral, “but to raise the awareness of peace so that you can unlock that box and free it, let peace bloom and flourish among all of us, throughout this nation and the world.”
He led the thousands gathered before him on a chilly winter afternoon in a breathing meditation. And he counseled them to spend far less time on their phones…