De leider van deze groep werd gevraagd of hij een advies had voor mensen die wilden helpen. Zijn advies is kort en helder:
Wanneer je in de ochtend wakker wordt en opstaat; voor dat je iets
leest of spreekt, als je mind nog vers en vrij is; pak een vel papier en
schrijf met duidelijke letters:
Vandaag wordt mijn vreedzame dag.
Voor mij is dat een heel concrete toepassing van het achtvoudige pad.
een heldere eenvoudige toepassing van het inzicht hoe onze mind werkt en
hoe onze gedachten, onze gesproken uitingen en ons handelen onze wereld
vormen.
Een ontroerende toepassing van:
Juiste zienswijze (inzicht), Juist denken, Juist spreken, Juist handelen.
Lijden heeft geen eigenaar en geluk heeft geen grens.
Er is lijden,
er is ontstaan van lijden,
er is uitdoven van lijden en
er is een pad naar het uitdoven van lijden
De Boeddha heeft ons op pad geholpen door zijn inzicht te delen:
De ander is geen 'ander', de ander is een onlosmakelijk deel van jezelf.
Als je de ander schaadt, schaadt je jezelf. Als je de ander helpt, help je jezelf.
Deze zinnen zijn een conclusie uit het inzicht, geen dogma.
Het inzicht brengt je bij compassie en solidariteit.
De uitnodiging is aanwezig zijn vanuit je thuis. Verbinding te maken met
de realiteit, te onderzoeken, je leven te leiden met compassie en
helder inzicht.
Maandagavond zullen we mediteren en delen .
Ik wens ons een mooi weekend:
Vandaag wordt mijn vreedzame dag
Warme groeten
Hans
https://dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-peace/live-map/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_for_Peace
Quote from the monks:
“Today Is Going to Be Our Peaceful Day” - We can say these words
lightly, like a pleasant thought that floats away, or we can make them
real—transforming intention into lived experience. The difference is in
how we bring them from abstract hope into practice.
This morning, while the day is fresh, let us try this: take a piece of
paper and write with your own hand: “Today is going to be my peaceful
day.” Then, read them out loud. Let your voice carry that intention into
the air.
Why does this matter? Thinking alone is fragile; ideas slip away when
distractions arrive. But when we think it, write it, and speak it, we
anchor our intention. We give it weight. By engaging our mind, our hand,
and our voice, we create a promise that is harder to forget when the
day becomes difficult.
This isn't magic—it’s how commitment works. When we express our inner
wishes outwardly, we strengthen our determination. Throughout the day,
if frustration rises or stress feels overwhelming, we can remember: “I
wrote it down. I spoke it aloud. I made a promise to myself.”
In that moment of remembering, we have a choice. We can let
circumstances dictate our mood, or we can take a conscious breath and
choose peace again. We do this not because everything is perfect, but
because we decided this morning that today would be different.
This is how we move from wishing for peace to actually living it—through
small, deliberate actions that remind us of who we want to be. Let us
try it every morning. Think it. Write it. Speak it. And watch how peace
begins to carry us through the day.
May you and all beings be well, happy, and at peace.
Thought Speech Action,
Walking the noble eight-fold path.
Meditation and sharing in "de Schatkamer" this Monday evening.
Dear Sangha,
Today is going to be my peaceful day
At this moment 19 Buddhist monks are walking through a torn-up country.
In the middle of strong controversy and violence in the USA, these monks
are doing walking meditation over about 3700km. From Fort Worth Texas
to Washington DC.
A walk of 120 days with an average of about 30 km per day.
You can follow them on : https://dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-peace/
It is a peace walk, not a protest match, with the intention to bring our attention back to connectedness and peace. 
When you wake-up in the morning and get up. Before you read or say
any thing, with a fresh blank and open mind, Take a sheet of paper and
write by hand:
Today is going to be my peaceful day.
For me that is a very direct and concrete application of the Eigth fold noble path.
A clear simple application of the insight of how our mind works and how
our thoughts, speech and actions shape the world we live in.
A moving application of:
Right view (insight), Right thinking, Right speech, Right action.
Suffering has no owner and happiness has no boundary.
There is suffering,
there is the rising of suffering
there is extinction of suffering
there is a path to the extinction of suffering.
The Buddha has helped us to get on our way by sharing his insight:
The other is no 'other', the other is an inseparable part of you.
When you hurt the other, you hurt yourself. When you help the other, you help yourself.
These sentences are the consequence of the insight, not dogma.
Insight brings you to compassion and solidarity.
The invitation is to be present from your true home, from your source.
Allow the connectedness to be. You are invited to connect to reality, to
investigate, to lead your life with compassion, with clear insight.
This Monday evening we will meditate and share together.
I wish us a wonderful weekend,
Today is going to be my peaceful day
Warm regards
Hans
https://dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-peace/live-map/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_for_Peace
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