Like all traditions that began with one person a very long time ago, Buddhism suffers from too many schools of thought about what this person was actually saying when he was on this earth. I have never had much tolerance or use for all these opinions after the fact and have always searched out those sources containing what this person actually said with which to work. I learned who Jesus really was by reading the Gospels According to Thomas not from the Bible. I learned who the Buddha was by working with his story and the clues he brought back including the Noble Eightfold Path. If you find yourself drawn to the Buddha and what he represents, then this is a clear and well written book on what you need to know to work with this path.
