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Buddhist influence on U.S. policy

The influence of Buddhist-organized pilgrimages and protests on U.S. public policy, particularly during the Vietnam era and through the spread of Buddhist practices and ideas.

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What is the history of Buddhist pilgrimage or protest movements influencing public policy in the United States?

and protests have had measurable but uneven influence on public policy, most clearly during the era when Vietnamese monks and figures like brought Buddhist antiwar testimony into American political di...