[Mr Andrews]

If we accept this second view, then there is almost no point for Buddhist practice, and in fact, it could lead to nihilism. One could still meditate and try to pacify ones mind for relaxation and feelings of well being, but other than that, nothing.

the Buddha taught to pacify the mind is the entire purpose of the path yet it seems to have been dismissed as something trivial

this seems to indicate two things: (1) non-experience of true peace of mind; and (2) buddhism as a frivolity

similar accusations of nihilism were made against the Buddha himself during his life by those who did not know freedom

Nibbana is the supreme peace (relaxation)

all the best

To avoid all evil, to cultivate good and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.

Dhammapada Brahmin, this holy is led not for, gain honour and fame, not for endowment of virtues, not for endowment of concentration, and not for the endowment of knowledges and vision. Brahmin, it is for the unshakeable release of mind. This is the essence of the holy life, it is the heartwood and the end of the holy life.

MN 30 So teaching, so proclaiming, O monks, I have been baselessly, vainly, falsely and wrongly accused by some ascetics and brahmans: 'A nihilist is the ascetic Gotama; He teaches the annihilation, the destruction, the non-being of an existing individual.'

As I am not as I do not teach, so have I been baselessly, vainly, falsely and wrongly accused by some ascetics and brahmans thus: 'A nihilist is the ascetic Gotama; He teaches the annihilation, the destruction, the non-being of an existing individual.'

What I teach now as before, O monks, is suffering and the cessation of suffering.

MN 22