Feb. 12 (UPI) — A group of two dozen Buddhist monks completed a barefoot, 2,300-mile Walk of Peace across the United States at the Maryland State House in Annapolis on Thursday.
The monks conducted a much shorter walk of 1.5 miles on Thursday, from the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis to the State House, where a crowd of about 6,000 awaited them.
Theravada Buddhist monk Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra told the crowd: “Today is going to be my peaceful day.” The crowd repeated the words back at the monk’s urging.
“Peace is always with us,” Paññākāra continued. “It’s been with us, never left us, never leaves us,” he said, as reported by WMAR…