Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

when i think of the time ive spent.....

no the honest answer is no, Siddhartha Gotama wrote NOTHING, however the buddha said lots, and his more keen disciples wrote tons of stuff that was supposedly from his mouth

the pali cannon is the longest 'holy book' of all

learn pali and read it then, always 'something' is lost in translation, but that's just an ugly truth, people who are interesed in the Buddha must all still read the pali-cannon, in any languange, without that what the fuck is their as far as foundation goes?