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Converts to this religion such as Anne Waldman founded the School of Disembodied Poetics. One poem states that a figure in this religion who represents the “Great Sun” will show up in America in his “true form of Smokey the Bear.” (10[2])This religion inspired the title of a poem that opens, “I’m an old man now, and a lonesome man in Kansas.” (10[1])This religion’s converts (10[1])include the author (10[1])of the collection Turtle Island, who was the basis for the character Japhy Ryder. A name for texts in this religion inspired the titles of poems about a “Wichita vortex” and a “sunflower” written by Allen Ginsberg. For 10 points, many Beat writers converted to what religion, which inspires the protagonists of Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums to try to reach enlightenment? ■END■

ANSWER: Buddhism [accept Zen Buddhism or Tibetan Buddhism] (The second clue is about “Smokey the Bear Sutra” by Gary Snyder.)
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