{"id":154752,"date":"2026-02-16T17:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=154752"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:12:33","slug":"why-monastic-life-captivates-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/02\/16\/why-monastic-life-captivates-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Monastic Life Captivates the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The life story of\u00a0 Venerable Bhikkhu\u00a0Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101k\u0101ra<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>From layman to&nbsp; monk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The life story of&nbsp; Venerable Bhikkhu&nbsp;Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101k\u0101ra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now his message touches thousands of people in USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Monastic Life Captivates the World \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f#mindfulness #innerpeace #shorts #walkforpeace #usa\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aoL1MRKSsPQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Venerable Bhikkhu&nbsp;Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101k\u0101ra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>, also known as S\u01b0 Tu\u1ec7 Nh\u00e2n, is the Deputy Abbot of the H\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0110\u1ea1o Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas. He had a career as a <strong>Motorola engineer<\/strong> and holds an Information Technology degree from the University of Texas at Arlington before becoming a monk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Deputy Abbot since 2013, he started the <strong>Dhammacetiya Project<\/strong> to build a stupa complex for preserving Buddhist scriptures and founded the <strong>H\u01b0\u01a1ng T\u01b0 Charity Foundation<\/strong>, which engages in humanitarian efforts globally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ven. Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101k\u0101ra is recognized for the Walk for Peace, a <strong>2,300-mile pilgrimage<\/strong> from Texas to Washington, D.C., starting October 26, 2025. The walk was inspired by global suffering and depression after the <strong>COVID-19 pandemic<\/strong>. He completed the journey in February 2026 at the Washington National Cathedral, accompanied by other monks and a dog named Aloka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The life story of\u00a0 Venerable Bhikkhu\u00a0Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101k\u0101ra From layman to&nbsp; monk The life story of&nbsp; Venerable Bhikkhu&nbsp;Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101k\u0101ra Now his message touches thousands of people in USA Venerable Bhikkhu&nbsp;Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101k\u0101ra , also known as S\u01b0 Tu\u1ec7 Nh\u00e2n, is the Deputy Abbot of the H\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0110\u1ea1o Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas. He had a career as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddhism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154753,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154752\/revisions\/154753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}