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Engaged Buddhism

A strand of Buddhism that frames political action as part of ethical practice and has been explicit about influencing policy on nonviolence, social welfare, and the moral dimensions of governance.

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Feb 6, 2026

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...