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Thursday, February 12, 2026
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Zoom: Poet Mandy Kahn's Peace Class
WHAT HAPPENED?
The meditative music was soothing and immediately set a calming and peaceful tone. Mandy held a mudra of welcome, honoring Zoom participants. She not only spoke of peace but embodied it with a guided meditation/visualization. The format is ever-evolving. It's free. It's weekly. And space is open to come and investigate next Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, at 6:00 pm.
Peace Class
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| What's peace? Passaddhi (serene inner peace) |
Friends in Peace, during this time of war, we are inspired by Aloka and the Buddhist Monks' Peace Walk. How can we bring that inner peace into our hearts, minds, and expression?
Peace activist Mandy Kahn's Peace Class (from the Philosophical Research Society in Hollywood, LA) resumes tonight for 2026.
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| Mandy and Seven found peace in Los Angeles. |
Feel free to share link with friends. All are welcome at Peace Class (prs.org).
To join us, simply click on this Zoom link at the start time: Wednesday, 6:00 pm (PT).
- PEACE CLASS (Wednesdays)
- FREE, February 4th, 6:00 pm (PT)
- Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/82150472713
- Meeting ID: 821 5047 2713
- Mandy Kahn: mandykahn.com
What is "peace" and who cares?
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| What goddess could make peace? |
So it holds a very honored place in the Dharma and in American life, at least in the Sixties (because of the Peace Movement and the Hippies) and earlier due to the influence of the timeless Quakers, Transcendentalists, Christian Gnostics, and Catholic monastics, particularly the Franciscans and Carmelites.
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| I like chanting the Buddha's actual words |
In Buddhism, peace refers to tranquility of body, speech, and mind (thoughts and consciousness) on the path to enlightenment. As part of the seven mental factors to be cultivated, peace is preceded by rapture (pīti, bliss, joy, supersensual pleasure) and precedes stillness (samādhi, focus, concentration). More
Inner Peace, World Peace
Publisher, Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence
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| Mandy Kahn hosts monthly poetry readings in Manly P. Hall's Library of World Religions (PRS) |
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| Inner Peace, World Peace |
Buddhists have been exploring questions like these for 25 centuries, and they are still timely today. Inner Peace, World Peace is the first work in any Western language to examine the Buddhist approach to nonviolence.
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| Warriors for Peace? Buddhist Peace Walk |
The authors also discuss a new international movement known as "Socially Engaged Buddhism."
Holy Doors: Poems by Mandy Kahn
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| I love the way Mandy Kahn makes poetry that elevates the ordinary to the sublime (DBM). |
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| Holy Doors (Hat & Beard Press) |
- meditation
- prayer
- the afterlife
- the poet’s love of peace
- ever-accessible grace.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Peace Walk talk: illness and tough times
(True Way of Buddha) How to handle illness and difficult times (suffering/dukkha) | Peace Walk leader Ven. Pannakara, abbot of HD Temple, Texas | Walk for Peace
Saturday, January 24, 2026
COLD: Walk for Peace (Buddha's Wisdom)
As protests [against Dictator Trump] turn violent, Buddhist monks walk together for peace
Walking in noble silence, carrying nothing but robes and alms bowls, depending entirely on strangers for food and shelter, these Theravāda monks (bhikkhus) are practicing a 2,600-year-old tradition on modern American highways.
120 DAYS. 2,300 MILES. ONE MEAL. BUDDHIST MONKS' WALK FOR PEACE changing AMERICA
In October 2025, twenty Theravada Buddhist monks began the Walk for Peace, a 120-day barefoot pilgrimage from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, DC.
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| Jesus was Buddhist monk |
As of January 2026, they're passing through the Carolinas, approaching their destination at the U.S. Capitol on February 13th, 2026.
This is not a protest, not a march, but an ancient Buddhist practice brought into the modern world.
DISCOVER
- Why Buddhist monks are walking 2,300 miles in silence while the world keeps fighting
- How this pilgrimage traces back to the historical Buddha’s original way of life
- The ancient sane ascetic practices (dhutaṅgas) these monks follow (one meal per day, sleeping outdoors, walking barefoot)
- How Aloka, their rescue dog, became a viral symbol when he needed surgery in Charlotte, NC
- The deeper meaning of dāna (sharing, non-clinging, letting go, generosity) in a divided society
- Why this walk matters now as U.S. war, political tension, and global unrest escalate
TIMESTAMPS
- 00:00 Two Symbols of Peace
- 01:49 The Monastery That Moves
- 08:37 The Teacher Who Never Stopped Moving
- 12:23 Walking Through Fire
- 16:13 Two Symbols
- 19:30 What Peace Becomes
FOLLOW, SUPPORT WALK FOR PEACE 🌍
- Social media:
- Facebook (walkforpeaceusa)
- Instagram (Walk): walkforpeace.usa
- Instagram (Aloka): alokathepeacedog
- Track The Journey:
- Overview map: walkforpeace.short.gy/overview...
- Live tracker: walkforpeace.short.gy/live-map
- Updates and info (official blog): dhammacetiya.com
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