From Texas to the Capitol: The Spiritual Agenda Behind the Buddhist Peace Walk America Is Celebrating
The Dhutanga Pilgrimage Tradition, the Habakkuk Warning, and the Pattern of Territorial Spiritual Claiming
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Walk with me into this.
Siblings in Christ, grab my hand. We’re about to walk out of the world’s version of “peace” and walk into the Word’s revelation about what’s actually happening on American soil right now.
You know how sometimes the Holy Spirit will nudge you about something and you can’t shake it? That’s what happened when I saw Tiphani Montgomery’s post calling out the Buddhist monks’ cross-country walk for what it really is—territorial spiritual rituals disguised as a “peace walk.” Then @sniperinthe spirit posted that the Lord led her to Habakkuk chapter 1 concerning these monks, and the Holy Spirit said, “read the entire chapter.” She waited for revelation and authority to share, and when God gave it to her, she posted Habakkuk 1:6: “For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that fierce and impetuous nation who march throughout the earth to take possession of dwelling places that do not belong to them.”
That scripture hit different.
Because what these sisters were discerning in the spirit, I needed to see in the facts. So I did what any believer with access to research tools should do—I sought the Lord and dug into what’s actually happening. And what I found? Everything Tiphani said was true. Everything the Holy Spirit showed @sniperinthe spirit was true. And the scriptural pattern is undeniable.
Let me walk you through it.
What’s Actually Happening
On October 26, 2024, nineteen Buddhist monks started walking from Fort Worth, Texas. Their destination? The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. They’re expected to arrive February 13, 2026. That’s 2,300 miles. That’s 10 states. That’s 110-120 days of intentional, ritualistic walking across American soil.
These aren’t just monks taking a long hike. This is a dhutanga pilgrimage—a specific Buddhist tradition where monks walk to “open” new territories, subdue local spiritual forces, and transform ordinary land into sacred Buddhist geography through their physical presence and spiritual practices.
Let me be clear about what dhutanga means. According to Buddhist doctrine, when monks perform these walking pilgrimages, they’re creating “sacred pathways” by connecting points across the land. They’re establishing pilgrimage routes for future generations. They’re transforming the spiritual substrate of the locations they pass through. Every step is accompanied by mantra chanting. Every location they bless is spiritually marked. They’re performing what their tradition calls “merit-making”—accumulating spiritual power and transferring it to the land they traverse.
This isn’t my interpretation. This is what Buddhist pilgrimage texts explicitly state.
In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, mountains and territories were transformed into Buddhist sites when religious figures would “open the pilgrimage” by subduing negative forces, then performing circumambulation to “consolidate this metamorphosis”—permanently changing the spiritual ownership of the land. The monks practice what’s called “opening the pilgrimage,” which means subduing local territorial gods and negative forces, then transforming the place into a mandala—the multistoried palace of a Buddhist deity—superimposing sacred Buddhist landscape onto physical land.
That’s not symbolism. That’s doctrine. That’s practice. That’s what they believe they’re doing.
And where are they going? Not to a park. Not to a beach. Not to some random location. They’re going to the U.S. Capitol—the legislative heart of America, where laws are made, where national direction is determined, where spiritual authority over the nation is contested. When they arrive in February 2026, they plan to deliver a “symbolic message of healing and renewal” and share a “brief message.”
What will that message be? What spiritual doors will be opened through their “symbolic message”? And why is the American Church not asking these questions?
The Pattern: When Chaldeans Marched Through Judah
This is where @sniperinthe spirit’s revelation becomes critical. Habakkuk 1:6 isn’t just ancient history—it’s a spiritual blueprint.
Let me give you the context. Habakkuk prophesied between 609-605 BC, right before the first Babylonian invasion of Judah. The Chaldeans weren’t native to Mesopotamia—they were West Semitic migrants who arrived in southern Mesopotamia around 940-860 BC. They were foreigners who settled in the marshy plains between Babylon and Uruk, slowly building power until they became the ruling class of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Here’s what’s important: The Chaldeans didn’t just conquer with swords. They were masters of divination, astrology, and spiritual manipulation. By the time of Daniel, “Chaldean” had become synonymous with wisdom, astrologers, and spiritual expertise. They positioned themselves as enlightened, educated, sophisticated contributors to society—until they had enough power to take over.
Sound familiar?
Buddhism in America markets itself as enlightenment, mindfulness, inner peace, mental health support. It’s presented as sophisticated spirituality for the educated, the conscious, the evolved. Not a religion—just “wisdom.” Not evangelism—just “sharing peace.”
But underneath the marketing is the same ancient principle: spiritual colonization disguised as cultural contribution.
When God told Habakkuk, “I am raising up the Chaldeans, that fierce and impetuous nation who march throughout the earth to take possession of dwelling places that do not belong to them,” He was revealing a pattern: foreign entities walking through land to possess what doesn’t belong to them.
The Chaldeans marched through Judah with spiritual practices (divination, astrology, sorcery) combined with physical conquest. The Buddhist monks are walking 2,300 miles performing mantras and “blessings” to spiritually mark American soil. Both use ritual walking + spiritual incantation to claim territory.
This isn’t coincidence. This is pattern.
Why Judah? Why America?
Here’s the uncomfortable truth that Habakkuk reveals: God allowed the Chaldeans to march through Judah because His people were corrupt, violent, and indifferent to justice. Judah had the temple. They had the rituals. They had the identity as God’s chosen people. But their hearts were far from God, their hands were full of violence, and their leaders were corrupt.
So, God allowed foreign powers to march.
Not because He loved the Chaldeans more. But because He loved His people enough to shake them awake.
Look at America right now. Church attendance at historic lows. Biblical literacy collapsing even among professing Christians. Moral confusion and spiritual deception at epidemic levels. Anxiety, depression, hopelessness plaguing an entire generation. Eastern spiritual practices—yoga, meditation, mindfulness—normalized in churches. Political and cultural division creating spiritual vulnerability.
This is a nation spiritually hungry, biblically illiterate, and doctrinally confused. These are the exact conditions that make a people susceptible to foreign spiritual influence.
The Buddhist monks aren’t coming to a strong, unified, biblically grounded Church. They’re coming to a Church that’s fractured, distracted, compromised, and in many places, asleep.
Habakkuk’s Judah thought they were fine until the Chaldeans showed up.
Are we making the same mistake?
The Silence That Speaks Volumes
Most American Christians don’t even know this walk is happening.
Nineteen Buddhist monks are walking 2,300 miles, chanting daily, meditating for hours, spiritually marking territory from Texas to D.C., planning to present their message at the U.S. Capitol in February 2026—and the American Church is talking about worship albums and conference tickets.
Where are the watchmen? Where are the prophetic voices sounding the alarm? Where are the intercessors who are supposed to be on the wall, discerning the times, warning God’s people?
Mostly silent.
In Habakkuk 1:2-4, the prophet cries out: “How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?” Habakkuk saw what was happening. He recognized the spiritual condition of his nation. He was crying out—but he felt like God wasn’t responding.
Then God answered: “Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told” (Habakkuk 1:5).
Habakkuk’s generation didn’t believe the warning even when it was spoken.
Warning or Judgment? Seek the Lord
This is the question American believers must bring before the Lord: Is this Buddhist walk a WARNING to the Church, or is this JUDGMENT already falling upon the land?
If it’s a warning—a prophetic sign that we’ve left our land spiritually vulnerable—then the response is repentance, intercession, and spiritual warfare. We must turn back to God, cry out for mercy, take our position as watchmen, and contend for the soul of this nation.
If it’s judgment already in motion—God allowing foreign spiritual forces to move because we’ve refused to listen to gentler warnings—then the response is still repentance, but with the understanding that consequences are already unfolding. We don’t repent to avoid judgment; we repent because it’s right, because God is worthy, and because even in judgment, God’s mercy can be found by those who seek Him.
Either way, passivity is not an option. Silence is not an option. Dismissiveness is not an option.
I don’t have the final answer on whether this is warning or judgment. That’s between you and the Holy Spirit. But what I do know is this: the monks are walking. The land is being spiritually marked. The Capitol will be their destination. And the American Church must decide what we’re going to do about it.
Walk Into this Word
Habakkuk ends with a choice. Even in the face of judgment, even when the fig tree doesn’t blossom and there’s no fruit on the vines, the righteous will rejoice in the Lord and find strength in Him (Habakkuk 3:17-19).
We stand at the same crossroads.
Will we seek God and ask what He’s saying in this moment?
Will we repent for prayerlessness and spiritual compromise?
Will we take our position as intercessors and watchmen?
Will we contend for the spiritual atmosphere over our nation?
Or will we scroll past this, go back to our entertainment, and wake up one day wondering how foreign spiritual forces gained so much influence in a nation that was once called to be a light to the world?
This isn’t about fear. This isn’t about panic. This is about discernment, spiritual sobriety, and the courage to see what God is showing us—even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it requires us to change.
Thank you, @sniperinthe spirit, for your obedience to the Lord. You pushed me to seek Him about this matter. Thank you, Tiphani Montgomery, for your obedience to what the Lord showed you. You pushed me to dig into the research and present these findings.
Now it’s time for the rest of us to walk—not in the world’s definition of peace, but in the Word’s revelation of truth.
Stay forever locked in CHRIST.