melintur
How has Buddhism influenced Western culture?
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Ruzhyo
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Many of the writers of the Beat Generation, particularly Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder, were Buddhists.
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Hollywood moves such as Seven Years in Tibet have capitalized on Buddhism's growing popularity in the West, and upon mainstream fascination with what is still seen as an exotic Eastern religion.