Praying Monks Walk 2,300 Miles Across America - While Monks Across Asia Join in Global Prayer for Peace, Healing, and Renewal

Silent steps in America. Continuous prayer across the world. One shared intention: peace.
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Across highways, neighborhoods, and city streets, a quiet yet powerful act is unfolding: Buddhist monks walking more than 2,300 miles across America in silence, offering continuous prayer for peace, healing, and a world overwhelmed by speed, stress, and disconnection.
Known simply as the Walking Monks, their practice is ancient and intentional walking as meditation, walking as prayer. Wherever they pass, people stop. Cars pull over. Conversations pause. Strangers walk alongside them quietly. Many describe a feeling of calm they did not expect but deeply needed.
Those wishing to follow the full 2,300‐mile journey, learn where the monks are walking, or understand the deeper meaning behind walking meditation can visit WalkingMonks.com.
THE POWER OF PRAYING MONKS
In Buddhist tradition, monks dedicate their lives to discipline, ethical conduct, meditation, and prayer. Their prayers are understood not as casual wishes, but as focused intention cultivated through years of training.
When monks walk in prayer, each step is considered an offering - a living prayer carried through the land.
PRAYER IN MOTION - LOCAL STEPS, GLOBAL PRAYER
While monks walk in silence across the United States, monks across Southeast Asia - including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka - are also praying daily for individuals, families, cities, and communities connected to this movement.
Individuals may sign up to receive prayer and learn how global monk prayer works at WalkingMonks.com.
WALKING AS MEDITATION - WALKING AS PRAYER
Walking meditation has been practiced for thousands of years in Buddhist traditions. The monks explain that the body becomes the mantra, and the ground becomes the altar.
A LIVING ECOSYSTEM OF PEACE, HEALING, AND EDUCATION
• BDT - Buddha Digital Temple
• BHH - Buddha Healing Hospital
• BBS - Buddha Business School
• BU - Buddha University
• BPP - Buddha Peace Park
• Buddha Farms
• Buddha TV
Together, these initiatives support peace, healing, ethical leadership, education, and global spiritual connection.
SIGN UP FOR PRAYER
As the 2,300‐mile walk continues, individuals are invited to sign up to receive prayer offered quietly and respectfully by monks walking in America and monks praying daily across Southeast Asia.
For those who choose to contribute, all contributions support monasteries and temples in other countries, helping them grow and continue their service.
More information, prayer sign-up, and updates on the 2,300‐mile Walking Monks journey are available at WalkingMonks.com.
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The Buddhist monks walking for peace are part of a centuries-old tradition of pilgrimage and walking meditation. In Buddhism, walking meditation-known as cankama-is considered as valuable as seated meditation. Each mindful step becomes an opportunity to cultivate awareness, compassion, and inner peace.

When people ask "why are the monks walking?" the answer lies in both ancient wisdom and urgent modern need. In a world filled with division, anxiety, and disconnection, the monks walk as a visible reminder that peace is possible-one step at a time.

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