IN OTTAWA, CANADA, a Buddhist community – the Pine Gate Sangha – has created a movement for engaged peace. They are the nucleus of Friends for Peace, a coalition of environmental, peace, meditation and social activist groups who began meeting in Ottawa in January 2003 in response to the impending war in Iraq and to the pervading feeling of helplessness and fear portrayed by the media.
The coalition organises the annual Peace Song Circle and Peace Prayer Day to celebrate peace as a way of life. The intent is to create a form of peaceful expression that appeals to a wide cross-section of Canadians ...
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