..續本文上一頁 Although described as lokavidu or ”knower of the worlds”, He was not regarded as the sole custodian of the Universal Laws. He freely acknowledge that the Dhamma, together with the working of the cosmos, is timeless, it has no creator and is independent in the absolute sense. Every conditioned thing that exists in the cosmos is subject to the operation of Dhamma. What the Buddha did (like all the other Buddhas before Him) was to rediscover this infallible Truth and make it known to mankind. In discovering the Truth, He also found the means whereby one could ultimately free oneself from being subjected to the endless cycle of conditioning, with its attendant evils of unsatisfactoriness.
佛陀擁有大神通，可是他並不重視它。對他來說，最大的神通就是弘揚真理和讓人們理解真理。這位擁有大慈悲心的導師，他使人類脫離困苦，以真理解除人類的鐐铐，使人類獲得自由，指引人類正確的生活道路。
佛陀並不認爲這世間的一切現象，或被稱爲達摩(Dhamma)的世間法，是被「創造」的。他認爲從無始以來，法已和世界並存，他絕對的認爲，這世間沒有所謂的造物者。世間一切的現象都是「法」的運作。佛陀就如過去所有古佛一樣，倡導絕對的真理和讓人類理解什麼是絕對的真理。在發現真理的同時，他找到了終止那邪惡和令人困擾的生死輪回的解脫之道。
After forty-five years of ministry, the Buddha passed away at the age of eighty at kusinara, leaving behind thousands of followers, monks and nuns, and a vast treasure store of Dhamma Teaching. The impact of His great love and dedication is still felt today.
佛陀弘法四十五年，在他八十歲那年，于古西那拉(Kusinàra)，在數千名信徒、比庫、比庫尼的見證下，離開人間。佛陀珍貴的教導遺愛人間，直到今天。
In the Three Greatest Men in History, H. G. Wells states, ”In the Buddha you see clearly a man, simple, devout, lonely, battling for light, a vivid universal in character. Many of our best modern ideas are in closest harmony with it. All the miseries and discontents of life are due, he taught, to selfishness. Before a man can become serene he must cease to live for his senses or himself. Then he merges into a greater being. Buddhism in a different language called men to self-forgetfulness 500 years before Christ. In some ways he was nearer to us and our needs. He was more lucid upon our inpidual importance in service than Christ and less ambiguous upon the question of personal immortality.
H.G.威爾的著作《曆史的叁大巨人》中，對佛陀評論道：「在佛陀的身上，讓你看到一位光明磊落的人，他純樸、孤獨、追求光明，和散發出強烈的人性尊嚴，這些都不是神話。他也將這些信息傳達給全人類。到今天爲止，很多先進的理論和思想都和他的吻合。他教導人類以布施來克服吝啬和不滿。一個人必須先停止感官的欲望，才能得到平靜安祥，才能獲得偉大的人性。佛陀在公元五百多年前，就以不同的語言教導人類放棄對「我」的執著。他非常接近我們，我們也非常的需要他。他比基督更清楚的解決個人的重要問題，從不含糊也不模棱兩可。」
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