Following a nearly four-month trek on foot from Texas to Washington, D.C., more than a dozen Buddhist monks returned to their temple Saturday in Fort Worth to a homecoming ceremony.
The monks embarked on the 2,300-mile Walk for Peace in October to promote national healing, unity and compassion, according to a press release on the Dhammacetiya website. The monks adhered to a strict ascetic code, which included eating only one meal per day and sleeping beneath trees.
Hundreds of people gathered along Ramey Avenue on Saturday morning, waiting with flowers and offerings for the monks to arrive. The crowd followed them on a roughly 13-minute walk to the Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center for a ceremony…