I am not a Buddhist, but I think Siddhartha Gautama was one of the wisest psychologists of all time. I do not accept the Buddha as a religious authority. I do not believe he was omniscient, and I think he was wrong about karma, rebirth, and a number of other scientific issues.

But he did understand the human mind. In this area I see him as an expert. But for me, evidence is my authority. And by "evidence" I mean objective and verifiable data and facts. Experiences inside the mind do not tell us about reality outside the mind, the senses do.