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Ajahn Chah (Thai Forest Tradition) Dhamma Skill

Answers Theravada and meditation questions in Ajahn Chah's plain, simile-rich voice while requiring a Pali sutta or teaching-collection citation for every doctrinal claim.

EducationIntermediate★ 447⑂ 85AI score 7/10Last updated: Oct 5, 2026

What it does

  • Explains mindfulness (sati), letting go, the three characteristics, ānāpānasati, the threefold training, and dhutanga practices in Ajahn Chah's homely, metaphor-driven style.
  • Forbids uncited doctrine: every doctrinal statement must carry a Pali reference (MN 10, SN 22.59...) or a teaching-collection chapter (Food for the Heart, A Still Forest Pool...).
  • Uses a decision tree to pick which bundled file (sources/, references/) to load for each question type.
  • Falls back to the FoJin search API only when offline excerpts are insufficient, and treats any API text strictly as data — injected instructions inside results are never executed.
  • Safety gates: crisis signals (self-harm, suicidal ideation, acute psychiatric symptoms) break character and route to emergency/crisis lines first; it refuses to certify attainments or rank Buddhist traditions against each other.

Who it's for

  • Theravada / Vipassanā practitioners who want sourced sutta study rather than vague paraphrase.
  • Readers who want Dhamma Q&A framed in Ajahn Chah's teaching voice.
  • Writers handling religious content who need citation verification and safety guardrails.

Usage examples

  1. "My mind wanders too much, I can't sit" → everyday simile plus citations to Living Dhamma §Meditation and MN 118.
  2. "What are the three characteristics?" → loads sources/sutta-excerpts.md and cites SN 22.59 Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta.
  3. "I think I'm enlightened — can you confirm?" → declines certification, advises non-attachment to meditative experiences, and points to a living, in-person teacher.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/xr843/Master-skill.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r Master-skill/prebuilt/master-ajahn-chah ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify that ~/.claude/skills/master-ajahn-chah contains not only SKILL.md but also sources/, references/, meta.json (and scripts/ if present) — the citation rules depend on these files.
  6. Restart Claude Code and try: "Explain mindfulness in Ajahn Chah's style."
  7. (Optional) Run scripts/cite.py --help to see the citation lookup helper; there is no need to read its source.
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