Buddha on Buddhism : It was discovered by man for man. It was not a Revelation

The Buddha did not claim any Divinity for Himself or for His Dhamma. It was discovered by man for man. It was not a Revelation

( What Buddha Taught : Lesson 3 )

• Every founder of religion has either claimed divinity for himself or for his teachings. 
• Moses, although he did not claim for himself any divine origin, did claim divine origin for his teachings. He told his followers that if they wished to reach the land of milk and honey they must accept the teachings because they were the teachings of Jehovah the God. 
• Jesus claimed divinity for himself. He claimed that he was the Son of God. Naturally His teachings acquired a divine origin. 
• Krishna said that he was God himself and the Gita was his own word. 
• The Buddha made no such claim either for himself or his Sasana. 
• He claimed that he was one of the many human beings and his message to the people was the message of man to man. 
• He never claimed infallibility for his message. 
• The only claim he made was that his message was the only true way to salvation as he understood it. 
• It was based on universal human experience of life in the world. 
• He said that it was open to anyone to question it, test it and find what truth it contained. 
• No founder has so fully thrown open his religion to such a challenge.