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How can there be any psychology of the Buddhas if Buddha is a state of no-mind?

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"Only a Buddha, standing on the hilltop of no-mind, can illuminate the valleys of the mind with clarity and freedom from prejudice. True psychology arises not from the mind, but from the stillness beyond it."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, only Buddhas can found a true psychology: from the state beyond mind they have the distance, clarity, and freedom from prejudice to see the mind objectively. No-mind itself can’t be systematized, but it can illuminate the valleys of mind from the hilltop. Psychologies built from within mind—Freud, Adler, Jung—are colored fictions; a real psychology would be singular and unbiased.
Like someone who climbed out of a muddy river, a Buddha can clearly describe the water; those still splashing inside can only guess.
Why this matters practically
- Create inner distance (meditation) to observe thoughts and feelings objectively.
- Question your lenses and avoid reducing everything to one fixation.
- Value first-hand clarity over second-hand theories; test insights in experience.
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