You said. > The contents of those scriptures have been retranslated countless times. Besides this fact, they were only written down about 500 years after Gauta

You said. > The contents of those scriptures have been retranslated countless times. Besides this fact, they were only written down about 500 years after Gautama Buddha died. Third, the words that were written down were those as transmitted by ordinary people, who had a huge gap in level of consciousness between them and Buddha, so they didn't understand exactly and didn't write down Buddha's exact words. This could be true. > Buddha said that he never taught anything of his own. What is your source for this? How do I know that your source hasn't also been re-translated countless times? How do I know it wasn't only written down 500 years after Gautama Buddha died? The majority says that the Buddha taught that we could end our suffering in our life. You say he didn't. You say he taught something else, but you offer no evidence. I'm just wondering what your evidence is. --- edit: I truly mean no disrespect in this. I'm just curious.