{"id":30307,"date":"2016-08-09T15:36:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/148689396971"},"modified":"2017-01-26T18:26:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T17:26:02","slug":"walking-monk-makes-his-way-through-omaha-on-long-hot-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=30307","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Walking Monk\u2019 makes his way through Omaha on long, hot trek…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018Walking Monk\u2019 makes his way through Omaha on long, hot trek across United States.
\nMaggie O\u2019Brien \/ World-Herald staff writer: \u201cThe Walking Monk\u201d made a stop in Omaha on Tuesday as part of his journey across America to celebrate his faith and promote an active, healthy lifestyle.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s about going back to the basics,\u201d Bhaktimarga Swami said. \u201cLike Gandhi said, a simple life, high thinking. I see this as doing both of those things.\u201d
\nSwami, 63, is a Hindu monk from Canada. He is walking from New York to San Francisco to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Hare Krishna religious movement, which emphasizes spiritual well-being and clean, simple living.
\nSwami changed his name from John Peter Vis when he became a monk in 1973. He wears an orange robe and black Crocs on his feet.
\nHe considers walking an ideal form of exercise, he said, because anyone can do it, and it allows time for self-reflection.
\nThis tour is broken into three parts. He started last fall in Boston, went to New York, then into Pennsylvania. The second leg started again in Pennsylvania over Mother\u2019s Day weekend and took him to Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Nebraska. He arrived in Omaha on Tuesday.
\nNext up is Grand Island on Wednesday, where he\u2019ll stop his journey before completing the third leg of the trip next summer.
\nSwami, who also practices yoga, said he started walking long distances to get away from the chaos of the world.
\nHe has walked across Canada four times. He\u2019s also trekked through Ireland (he said it was wet), Israel (dry), Ghana (hot) and Trinidad (humid).
\nIt hasn\u2019t been easy walking through the Midwest, he said. Swami usually gets up at 4 a.m. to beat the heat and averages about 20 miles a day.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a hot, sweaty summer,\u201d he said.
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‘Walking Monk’ makes his way through Omaha on long, hot trek across United States.
\nMaggie O’Brien \/ World-Herald staff writer: “The Walking Monk” made a stop in Omaha on Tuesday as part of his journey across America to celebrate his faith and promote an active, healthy lifestyle.
\n“It’s about going back to the basics,” Bhaktimarga Swami said. “Like Gandhi said, a simple life, high thinking. I see this as doing both of those things.”
\nSwami, 63, is a Hindu monk from Canada. He is walking from New York to San Francisco to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Hare Krishna religious movement, which emphasizes spiritual well-being and clean, simple living.
\nSwami changed his name from John Peter Vis when he became a monk in 1973. He wears an orange robe and black Crocs on his feet.
\nHe considers walking an ideal form of exercise, he said, because anyone can do it, and it allows time for self-reflection.
\nThis tour is broken into three parts. He started last fall in Boston, went to New York, then into Pennsylvania. The second leg started again in Pennsylvania over Mother’s Day weekend and took him to Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Nebraska. He arrived in Omaha on Tuesday.
\nNext up is Grand Island on Wednesday, where he’ll stop his journey before completing the third leg of the trip next summer.
\nSwami, who also practices yoga, said he started walking long distances to get away from the chaos of the world.
\nHe has walked across Canada four times. He’s also trekked through Ireland (he said it was wet), Israel (dry), Ghana (hot) and Trinidad (humid).
\nIt hasn’t been easy walking through the Midwest, he said. Swami usually gets up at 4 a.m. to beat the heat and averages about 20 miles a day.
\n“It’s been a hot, sweaty summer,” he said.
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