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Frederick Ranallo-Higgins
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UCLA-ALC PhD | Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholar | Associate Editor, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review https://tricycle.org/author/franallohiggins/

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August 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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I saw these relics at the Met and thought, "How the hell is this traveling around in a private collection?" Cheong's research paper, linked in this article, helps a lot. It was very disturbing to see these holy relics at the Met. It felt highly inappropriate, sacrilegious, and just bad juju.
August 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Unfortunately Journal of Global Buddhism has been having website issues, and this article is not working for me
August 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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This one has been around a while. I'd group them in with the Alt-Right dharma bros. An unfortunate outshoot of dharma disconnected from compassion, morality, and monasticism. Ann Gleig and Brenna Artinger have a great article on the topic

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#BuddhistCultureWars: Buddhabros, Alt-Right Dharma, and Snowflake Sanghas
This article appeared in the Journal of Global Buddhism Vol 22, No 1 (2021) and was co-authored by Ann Gleig and Brenna Artinger. Abstract While often associated with a liberal demographic, the …
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August 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM