March 5, 2026
Embodying Peace

Photo by Shundo David Haye

 

On February 22, 2026, 200 people met up on Page Street to participate in a Peace Walk inspired by the 108-day journey several monks took from Texas to Washington DC. The group left City Center and walked together, mostly in silence, to Ocean Beach, where they chanted the Loving Kindness Meditation and dedicated the merit of the walk to all beings.

From the Peace Walk’s leader, Shundo Haye:

“Our practice is to model the behaviour that we wish to see in the world, and to articulate, where we are able to, what needs to be kept in mind.

For me a walk for peace means embodying peace on the walk: encountering everything along the way with the equanimity that is expected of a Bodhisattva. As a reminder, equanimity does not mean passivity. It means meeting all conditions equally, doing our best to bear all conditions equally.

So if you are wondering what to do, just remember the example of the Bodhisattvas, modelling particular behaviours. The Bodhisattva archetypes are held up for a reason: Manjushri for wisdom, Samantabhadra for activity, Avalokiteshvara for compassion, Jizo for vow. We can aspire to embody and manifest these qualities ourselves, in our lives, in these current conditions.

How that actually manifests is not set in stone, it is dependent on causes and conditions, and our best discernment as to what we can do to reduce suffering in the world.”