I think maybe we have only prayed before the Buddha for 499 years. How about two lives? I am a layman, and I cannot see through life after life. If the Buddha could be exempted from the world, there would be no need to be so harsh on the world. Let it go, no chance. Just listen to it, no share. Buddha caused us to miss this year in both lives. I can't defeat him, and I can't defeat God. Why are we so close yet so far away...