“In these divisive times, we saw entire towns in the Bible Belt coming out for these monks — having no idea of what Buddhism is — but being uplifted and moved by it. … That’s inspirational.” — Mark Duykers, a retired mechanical engineer, talking about the 19 monks who walked 2,300 miles from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth on Oct. 26, 2025, and recently arrived in Washington D.C. (Tuesday, Associated Press) “We’ve had some productive conversations over the last couple of weeks with the chair of DART, and we hope that we have a structure of…