, 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 relevance?

Learning Goal: I’m working on a religion writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

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 relevance?

The essay should be approximately 1000 words and include the following:

1. Use at least 1-2 source from our assigned readings for class; (I attached pdf files at to bottom for this source(reading assgined))

2. Use at least 1-2 peer reviewed source found outside our course readings; (it should not be from internet or Wikipedia, it would be bette from an actual book or from a trustable source from internet)

3. Use at least 1-2 concepts found and cited from the course lectures; (course lectures are the YouTube link that I attached at the bottom).

4. Use Chicago Manual of Style with footnotes and bibliography for citations.

Course Lectures for #3:follow these links :

Japanese Buddhism Video Lecture pt 2 – YouTube

Tibetan Buddhism pt 1 – YouTube

Tibetan Buddhism pt 2 – YouTube

Southeast Asian Buddhism (Theravada) – YouTube

and also

Tibetan Buddhism.pptx – Google Slides

Japanese Buddhism.pptx – Google Slides

SouteastAsianBuddhism.pptx – Google Slides