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By Rodrigo Santos Andrade
Buddhist monks arrive in Washington after 3,700km ‘Walk for Peace’
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Draped in burnt-orange robes, two dozen Buddhist monks arrived in Washington D.C. on Tuesday (Feb 10) on a 3,700km "Walk for Peace", a self-described spiritual journey across nine US states that has been cheered on by crowds of thousands.
On Tuesday morning, the monks attended an event at American University accompanied their rescue dog, Aloka. Bhikkhu Pannakara, the spiritual leader of the Walk for Peace, told attendees that peace “begins from within, not without.” The monks were later cheered as they walked through Northwest D.C., where crowds cheered them from sidewalks still covered in ice after a winter storm.
The monks began their walk in Texas more than three months ago, at times braving frigid winter temperatures, sometimes with bare feet, to raise "awareness of peace, loving kindness, and compassion across America and the world."
Their journey comes amid growing tension in the United States, partly spurred by President Donald Trump’s tough immigration policy that has seen National Guard troops deployed in some US cities, with both American citizens and immigrants killed by federal agents.
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