Interactive Assignment Buddhism

Instrucition:
All
IAs should be 1-2 typed pages, double-spaced, in 12 font. As part of the
writing requirement of this course, please make sure to write in complete
sentences and paragraphs, citing your material (including the assigned website,
the textbook, and any additional research you do) along the way. In
addition to the 1-2 typed pages, please make sure to include a bibliography.
You may use MLA or Chicago formatting for your citations. Links to MLA or Chicago guidelines can be found in the Start Here!
module, in the Course Resources folder, or by clicking on the hyperlinks.
Buddhism
http://www.dalailama.com
Go to the Dalai Lama’s webpage and survey the content at the bottom, where it lists his
interactions in social media, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Do his online
interactions challenge your views of him as a bodhisattva? If so, how? If not, why not? How
does this representation of the Dalai Lama compare to depictions of him in the textbook reading?
As part of the writing requirement of this course, please make sure to write in complete
sentences and paragraphs, citing material (including the assigned website, the textbook, and any
additional research you do) along the way.
Special Instruction: I have provided the marking criteria. Please go through with that.