essay-on-buddhism

Please discuss the following  prompt: Although Buddhism is able to change, adapt, and be adopted by  other cultures and lifestyles, with all these changes, do you think that  the original meaning of Buddhism taught by the Buddha himself can be  lost or even die? Does the original meaning even matter if it loses its  relevancy? . The essay should be approximately 500 words (about 2 pages  double spaced).use  at least two different peer reviewed sources to help substantiate your  points. One of the sources should come from one of the assigned  readings, and I would like at least one other source to come from  outside our course texts. you must use the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS  or Chicago Style).

you should use one of the sources and one outside source:

Hanh, Thich Nhat, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, Parallax Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-767-90369-1

Page 184-213

Powers, John. “Chapter 4: Tibetology with Chinese Characteristics”. In The Buddha Party: How the People’s Republic of China Works to Define and Control Tibetan Buddhism. Oxford University Press (2017), pp. 130-170.