Buddhist Peace Walk across the USA

(KALB Central Louisiana News, Weather & Sports) A group of Theravada Buddhist monks from Southeast Asia living in America bring message of peace to Louisiana, walking 2,300 miles over 120 days, having begun on Oct. 26, 2025, with their trusty dog Aloka.

(One Breath Stories) Song for Walk for Peace, true story, monks and Aloka walk Texas to DC

(Ed and Pete) What is driving these Theravada Buddhist monks to walk across the USA?

• With Robes and Bowl (Buddhist Publication Society)

(Ed and Pete) TRIBUTE: Walk for Peace w/ 19 Theravada Buddhist monks and Aloka the Dog [whose karma is such that it was coincidentally born with a heart shaped patched over its third eye, a mark of mixed past karma good enough to be beautiful, bad enough to fall onto the animal plane but among good people]

Yogi in India climbing barefoot to mountain top

PEACE WALK: a peace march, sometimes referred to as a peace pilgrimage (yatra), is a form of nonviolent action where a person or group marches a set distance to raise awareness for particular issues important to the walkers.

• Animals in Buddhism
• Karma (deed-seeds) in Buddhism
• Theravada Buddhism in Laos
• Peace walk (pilgrimage) in the USA

(KPRC 2 Click2Houston) UPDATE: Good Samaritan donates new escort vehicle to Peace Walk

Buddhist monks peace walk from Texas to DC

They left their cozy and tranquil Buddhist temple in Fort Worth to send Trump et al. a message

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(KFDM YouTube) Nov. 24, 2025: A group of Theravada Buddhist monks is persevering on their peace walk from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., despite facing challenges, including a recent auto accident in Dayton that injured two monks.

Western Zen kinhin practice

The monks or bhikkhus began their journey on Oct. 26th, 2025, at the Hong Dao Buddhist Temple and have covered nearly 300 miles. They aim to complete the 2,300-mile trek in 120 days.

The monks say their mission is to support a suffering society and promote healing worldwide.

"We try to spread that love, loving kindness, compassion, and hopefully that everyone will be living in harmony and unity, and that is our purpose of walking," they said.

Is there a Buddhist way to walk? Yes, mindfully

Supporters have been inspired by the monks' dedication. One supporter shared, "I woke up my daughter and I was like, 'Hey, we got to go! And we flew here... I think it's awesome what they're doing."

Despite the accident involving a pickup truck hitting the monks, which left one hospitalized, the group remains committed to their journey.

"The surgery went well, and he's well, and he's happy. He supported this walk, and he wanted all the monks to continue walk in to finish this journey," they said.

The monks express gratitude for the support they have received along the way, as they continue their walk for peace.

• Walk for Peace: Buddhist monks and their dog Aloka (plus Western participants)

Walking Meditation Mastery: Embrace mindfulness and movement for well-being

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• KFDM, Buddhist monks peace walk from TX to DC, Nov. 24, 2025; Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Dalai Lama in Wisconsin: Kalachakra

14th Dalai Lama praying in pavilion, closing Kalachakra mandala (Verizon Center, D.C.)

The 14th Dalai Lama comes to Wisconsin to perform the ancient Kalachakra ritual.

The Dalai Lama's Gift

Tantric Dakini deity

(Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive) A hidden ritual. A sacred promise. A transmission into a buddha's transcendent compassionate wisdom. A corn field transformed.

In 1980, HH the Dalai Lama received a humble request from a revered Tibetan monk in America: Perform the Kalachakra initiation—a powerful tantric ritual never before held outside of India or Tibet—in the heart of rural Wisconsin.

 

What followed was nothing short of miraculous. In just a few months, the lama's devoted students overcame local resistance, built a temple from the ground up, and transformed a Midwestern cornfield into a site of ancient wisdom and spiritual awakening, attracting over 1,000 spiritual seekers from around the world.

Captured on film then locked away in Smithsonian vaults for over 40 years, this long-lost footage resurfaces to reveal a story of transformation to buddhahood, and a moment when time, space, and a sacred initiation converged in the unlikeliest of places.

This story of the 1981 Kalachakra is told through the voices of distinguished scholars and the initiates who participated in the 1981 Kalachakra and through personal interviews of the Dalai Lama, filmed in 1981, throughout the preparation and the event.

The Dalai Lama’s Gift is a cinematic meditation on faith, legacy, and the power of one sacred encounter to ripple across generations.

For more information, please explore DalaiLamaGift.org. We invite all to support this project at spiritualpaths.net/donate.

2O24 | US | English | 76 minutes. DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Ed Bastian. Co-PRODUCER  Sharpa Tulku, Catherine Wyler, Jennifer Beman. EDITOR/WRITER Jennifer Beman. MUSIC: Nawang Khechog, Three Dog Night, Daniel Moore. ART AND ANIMATION: Pema Namdol Thaye.

ABOUT: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. Bringing the teachings of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the "Kalachakra - Wheel of Time" transmission. Visit at LamaYeshe.com.

• Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, Nov. 29, 2025; CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Wisdom of Happiness: Dalai Lama (film)

OFFICIAL TRAILER | WISDOM OF HAPPINESS

CIA, it's time for world peace

(Abramorama) The WISDOM OF HAPPINESS shows us a timeless truth: happiness is still possible, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty. This powerful message of hope is delivered as a personal audience with one of the greatest living thinkers, Nobel Peace Prize winner Tenzin Gyatso, known to billions around the world as the 14th Dalai Lama.

From Executive Producers Richard Gere and Oren Moverman, the film premieres its North American theater tour in 2025. Learn more and sign up to receive updates: wisdomofhappinessfilm.com.

Dalai Lama shares advice for finding happiness in the 21st century in new documentary

(NPR) NPR's Leila Fadel speaks (7-minute listen) with American Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist actor and activist Richard Gere about the new documentary Wisdom of Happiness in which the current Dalai Lama offers solutions to the 21st century's hurdles to happiness.

• wisdomofhappinessfilm.com
• Abramorama; Richard Gere, Leila Fadel, Morning Edition, Mike Morgan (photo), Movie Interviews (NPR.org), Nov. 26, 2025; CC Liu, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Jimmy Dore Show: Israel, medicine, vax

Making the Cut: How to Heal

• After YouTube, the show goes to Rumble around 5:00 pm

(Middle East Eye)

Making the Cut: How to Heal Modern Medicine

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, M.D.

Author Dr. Aaron Kheriaty has 4.6 out of 5 stars (with 28 reviews). There is a cure for medicine’s ills, but it’s going to hurt. Effective treatment, as every doctor knows, begins with accurate diagnosis.

Making the Cut is about what’s going on in the house of medicine. Medicine got sick.

• One in three people now distrust the healthcare system.
• Following the pandemic, two-thirds of Americans doubt medical scientists will act in the best interest of the public.
• We are grappling with an epidemic of chronic illness—heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke, and chronic lung and kidney disease—affecting six in ten Americans, which medicine seems powerless to fix.

The overall life expectancy of Americans has declined for the first time since the Great Depression. Not only are trust levels tanking,

• the number of doctors is dropping dramatically.
• Physicians are quitting in droves.
• One in five doctors will leave medicine in the next two years.
• One in three will reduce their hours.

A doctor, we assume, wounds in order to heal. “You’re going to feel a sharp pain!” she says, before making the cut. Today, though, all too often the doctor wounds without healing. Why?

In Making the Cut, Dr. Kheriaty, one of the country's leading public intellectuals and preeminent bioethicists, reveals what medicine gave him—and what it sometimes took from him.

This book is about how he grew from an overconfident pre-med to an ambivalent medical student to a capable physician who had fallen in love with medicine—even if his lover has turned into a prostitute of late.

While presenting a damning diagnosis of contemporary medicine, Making the Cut also applies the wounding scalpel in order to heal it. More

R. Gere 'Wisdom of Happiness' (Lion's Roar)

Richard Gere on “The Wisdom of Happiness” and the Dalai Lama’s message for our time

Magazine Nov. 2025 (lionsroar.com)

(Lion’s Roar) In the new film The Wisdom of Happiness, HH the Dalai Lama shares his timeless message of compassion and interconnection on the big screen.

In conversation with Lion’s Roar magazine Editor Andrea Miller, Richard Gere -- American Zen and Vajrayana Buddhist, actor, humanitarian, and one of the executive producers of the film -- reflects on the nature of true happiness, the roots of suffering, and how meeting the Dalai Lama transformed his life.

The Wisdom of Happiness premieres in theaters Oct. 2025 and, while best viewed on the big screen, it is also available for streaming. To find a screening at a nearby theater, visit: wisdomofhappinessfilm.com.

• The Roots of Good and Evil: Buddhist Texts translated from the Pali (Buddhist Publication Society)

ABOUT: Lion’s Roar is an independent non-profit foundation whose mission is to communicate Buddhist wisdom and practices in order to benefit people’s lives and our society and to support the development of Buddhism in the modern world. Through its print and digital publications, it aims to bring Dharma to people right where they are, knowing what a difference it can make in their lives.

Sign up for Lion's Roar's free "How to Live a Good Human Life Summit," from Oct. 23-27: lionsroar.com/how-to-live...

Subscribe to channel: @lionsroaronline. Get weekly top stories delivered to inbox: lionsroar.com/newsletter. WEBSITE: lionsroar.com. Facebook (lionsroarbuddhism). Instagram (lionsroarbuddhism).

• The Simpsons; Actor Richard Gere, editor Andrea Miller (lionsroar.com), Oct. 15, 2025; CC Liu, Crystal Quintero, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Bhutan: Enlightenment thru sex, drugs, rock?

Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), also known as Kunga Legpai Zangpo, Drukpa Kunleg (Tibetan འབྲུག་པ་ཀུན་ལེགས་, brug pa kun legs), and Kunga Legpa, the Madman of the Dragon Lineage (Tibetan འབྲུག་སྨྱོན་ཀུན་དགའ་ལེགས་པ་, 'brug smyon kun dga' legs pa), was a Tibetan Buddhist lama, missionary, and poet in the Drukpa Kagyu lineage of the [Himalayan Bon sorcery-influenced] Vajrayana Buddhist Mahamudra tradition [1].

• "Crazy wisdom," divine madness (yeshe cholba)?
• Crazy wisdom or just crazy? (dhamma musings)
• The Enlightenment Trap: Obsession, Madness and Death on Diamond Mountain by Scott Carney (Foxtopus Ink)

He was trained at Ralung Monastery under siddha Pema Lingpa. However, by the age of 25, he had returned his monastic [Vinaya] vows [2] to take a wife, whose name was Tsewang Dzom (tshe dbang 'dzom) [3]. He is often counted among the Nyönpa ("Mad Ones"). He is considered to have been a reincarnation of Saraha [4]. More

The Enlightenment Trap: Obsession, Madness and Death on Diamond Mountain

(Audiobook) Author Scott Carney has 4.3 out of 5 stars (with 137 reviews). The 2023 edition of The Enlightenment Trap includes two new chapters, photography, and updated total revision.

In 2012, 38-year-old Ian Thorson's search for spiritual transcendence ended in tragedy on a remote Arizona mountaintop. His wife, a woman anointed as a goddess by an eccentric Buddhist community, held him in her arms as he slowly died from dehydration and dysentery.

For Scott Carney, a journalist and anthropologist who lived in India for six years, Thorson's death was just the most recent iteration of an unspoken epidemic that connected intensive meditation and mental instability.

The Enlightenment Trap explores how Tibetan Buddhism in the West morphed from its roots in the Himalayan foothills into a fundamentally new American religion. For Thorson, the entry point into this new faith was Geshe Michael Roach, the supreme spiritual leader of Diamond Mountain University.

Carney unravels the cult-like practices of Diamond Mountain to illuminate the uniquely American tendency to mix and match Eastern religious traditions like LEGO pieces. The result is that for some, enlightenment is a synonym for almost god-like powers, and achieving it can become more important than life itself.

Aided by Thorson’s private papers and cutting-edge neurological research, the book reveals the profound impact of intensive meditation on the brain.

Carney exposes stories of miracles and black magic, sexualized rituals and tantric rites from former Diamond Mountain acolytes. The Enlightenment Trap is a gripping work of investigative journalism that reveals how the path to enlightenment can be riddled with danger.

On Epstein's island; Israel breaks ceasefire

I'm not gay. I'm just uber stylish.

(The Daily Show) Desi Lydic on It's a Trump Xmas: Melania decks the halls of the White House; googly-eyed FBI Director Ka$h Patel is not gay even though he wears women's clothes while hoping no one notices and is fastidious about his appearance like a woman on her . ; Secretary of War [Defense] Pete Hegseth dodges war crimes charges after allegations he murdered defenseless victims who were neither convicted nor charged with anything as he throws Admiral Mitch Bradley under the bus.

(Kim Iversen) Creepy things found on Epstein's Pedophile Island released slowly by Democrats

Guilty Jewish Zionist IDF soldiers/monsters are killing themselves by suicide at RECORD levels

(Dr. Myriam Francois) The end of international law | Jewish American Prof. Norman Finkelstein

(The Young Turk) Former Sec'y of State and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton clowned for her [lucrative] defense of Israel: My husband had sex with an Israeli asset in the White House. [Larry Ellison owns TikTok now, so soon we'll win back the hearts and minds of pro-Palestinian American students and kill to build "Greater Israel" like Dictator Bibi envisions. AIPAC and other lobbyists pay me, but I would say all this for free, so I'm not a "prostitute," Ana!]

(Breaking Points) Paid Prof. Clinton: Treat U.S. enemies like Gazans

Genius Buddhist prodigies, past lives?

The strange, brilliant life of a billionaire scientist living between two worlds

(Lei's Looking Glass) From child prodigy to billionaire scientist, Dr. John D. Young lived a life most people can only imagine—college at 13, dual doctorate degrees (PhDs) by 21, Nobel recognition before 30. But behind his extraordinary success was an even stranger story: visions of light, encounters with divine beings, out-of-body experiences, and a search for the truth behind consciousness. In this episode, we explore the brilliant and mysterious life of a man who walked between science and spirit, between wealth and awakening, between this world and another. Was he simply a prodigy—or something more? Discover the story of a genius who may have been chosen for a higher purpose.

Lei's Real Talk: @leisrealtalk. Donation: donorbox.org/support-lei-s-re... Support Lei’s work via her online shop: shop.leisrealtalk.com. Sign up for emails: leisrealtalk.com. Ideas/suggestions:  Leisrealtalk@gmail.com #leislookingglass #tonyyang #billionairescientist #childprodigy

(Lei's Looking Glass) The child prince who remembered a past life - and the Karmapa controversy

• Dr. Ian Stevenson, MD, American academic and scientific rebirth/reincarnation researcher, founder and director of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, professor and a founder of the Society for Scientific Exploration
• Lei's Looking Glass, Nov. 20, 2025, Nov. 5, 2025; CC Liu, Crystal Q., Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Mysteries of Asia: Yonaguni (Mu, Lemuria)

Remnants of ancient Mu (Lemuria)?

The Yonaguni Monument (Japanese 与那国島海底地形) refers to Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, literally, "Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography," possibly a remnant of the Land of Mu (mythical lost continent).

• Lemuria (lost continent)

The manmade structures are also called the "Yonaguni (Island) Submarine Ruins" or 与那国（島）海底遺跡, Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Iseki.

This submerged rock formation rests off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan. It lies approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Taiwan. More: Yonaguni 

Where is Yonaguni?

Yonaguni (Japanese 与那国島, Hepburn Yonaguni-jima, Dunan-chima, older Juni-shima [2], Yunoon-zïma, Yunaguni-jima), one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost island of Japan [3], lying between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea.

A mere 107.4 kilometers (58.0 nmi, 66.7 miles) separate the island from Taiwan at their closest points. It is administered as the town of Yonaguni, Yaeyama Gun, Okinawa, and there are three settlements: Sonai, Kubura, and Higawa.

There have been discussions to establish direct ferry services with Taiwan in order to bolster tourism. More: Yonaguni

• Sneaky Sushii; CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

Rome: Pagan origins of Holy Vatican

What I found in Himalayas: skiing down

Mahavatar Babaji quotes

What I found in the Himalayas that the West couldn’t give me

(Increasing Frequency) Sept. 30, 2025: ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT TREK. On my journey through the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayas, I went searching for what was missing in my life — a deeper sense of meaning, peace, and connection.

Mahavatar Babaji in the Himalayas

Along the way, I encountered wise old babas, mystics who live in solitude high in the mountains, carrying with them timeless wisdom passed down through generations.

These mystical encounters opened my eyes to lessons that the modern world, especially the West, often overlooks. From simple moments of silence to profound conversations about life, purpose, and spirit, the Himalayas revealed truths I didn’t know I was seeking.

Join me on this journey into the heart of the mountains — where the air is thinner, but the wisdom is infinite. 🌄✨ #Nepal #AnnapurnaCircuitTrek #Himalayas

Skiing down the most DANGEROUS mountain

I skied down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen)

Andrzej Bargiel: Red Bull paid

(Red Bull) Nov. 7, 2025: MOUNT EVEREST. Ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel becomes the first person to climb Mt. Everest and ski back to Everest Base Camp without supplementary oxygen. After nearly 16 hours climbing in the high altitude “Death Zone” (above 26250 feet or 8,000 meters, where oxygen levels are dangerously low), Bargiel clipped into his skis on the summit of allegedly the tallest mountain on earth [which may in fact be Mt. Sumeru or K2] and started his descent via the South Col Route. He reached Camp II that night and rested. The summit ridge and Hillary Step had taken longer than planned, meaning darkness made it dangerous and difficult to navigate further that day. The next morning, he skied through the treacherous Khumbu Icefall guided by a drone flown by his brother, Bartek, before safely arriving at Everest Base Camp to become the first person to ascend and descend Mt. Everest on skis with no supplementary oxygen.

• What I found in the Himalayas that the West couldn’t give me
• (RED BULL) I skied down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen)
• Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson, Amber Larson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Dark Art of Dr. Seuss: propagandist

(Ming) The Dark Art of Dr. Seuss (Every Banned Work)

Joe Rogan on disclosure: truth about ETs

(Jesse Michels) Joe Rogan on disclosure: He finally says it

• Dr. Greer: End illegal secrecy, begin new civilization
• Dr. Steven M. Greer: The Disclosure Project

Keep company with fools? Fall with them

(Venerable Gotami) Leads loving-kindness (metta) meditation makes us happier and nicer

Pope Leo exposes Greater Israel's genocide

Pope Leo takes peace message to Lebanon, target of Israel's 'ceasefire' violations | Reuters

(The Young Turks) PM Bibi Netanyahu EXPOSED violating ceasefire, continuing Nakba genocide

(IHIP News) I've Had It: American Zionist Hurwitz says Jews need more PR

The U.S. mainstream media lies by omission to support Israeli narrative

Jews mad: accused of killing Palestinians

(Kim Iversen) Hypocritical Zionist Jews are mad they are accused of killing (mass murdering while prosecuting an ethnic cleansing to accomplish a full extermination or catastrophic Nakba)