Hi, it looks like I can't reply directly to your nested comment below. Probably a spam reduction thing. My answer to what proof I have claiming Buddha said tha

Hi, it looks like I can't reply directly to your nested comment below. Probably a spam reduction thing. My answer to what proof I have claiming Buddha said that he didn't teach anything of his own is in scriptures, but it's in numerous ones. When Gautama was passing away, a disciple asked Buddha from whom he should learn and Buddha replied that he should learn from himself. Gautama also advised a great number of people to confirm everything directly, and not to jump into believing words without confirmation. Verification is the way that people can save themselves from a lie. So I don't know Buddha's words since I never heard from him directly but I can tell that he taught that to people since it's found consistently throughout all accounts of him.