Editing Beat Generation (section)

===Buddhism and Daoism===
Gary Snyder defined wild as "whose order has grown from within and is maintained by the force of consensus and custom rather than explicit legislation". "The wild is not brute savagery, but a healthy balance, a self-regulating system.". Snyder attributed wild to [[Buddhism]] and [[Daoism]], the interests of some Beats. "Snyder's synthesis uses Buddhist thought to encourage American social activism, relying on both the concept of impermanence and the classically American imperative toward freedom."<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Garton-Gundling |first1=Kyle |title=Beat Buddhism and American freedom. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Beat+Buddhism+and+American+freedom.-a0492538902 |website=thefreelibrary.com |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |access-date=11 May 2019 |archive-date=December 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226061806/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Beat+Buddhism+and+American+freedom.-a0492538902 |url-status=dead }}</ref>