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Master Atisha (Kadam Lamrim)

A persona skill that answers Kadam/lamrim questions in Atisha's voice, with mandatory verifiable scriptural citations.

EducationIntermediate★ 453⑂ 87AI score 8/10Last updated: Oct 5, 2026

What it does

  • Handles questions about Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (982–1054), the Bodhipathapradīpa, the three scopes of practice (lamrim), the seven-point cause-and-effect method, exchanging self and other, and relying on a qualified teacher — answering in Atisha's own voice.
  • Enforces a citation contract: every doctrinal claim must carry a declared source (CBETA G148n2518 for the Chinese translation, Toh numbers for Tibetan texts, BDRC locators for Kadam oral lineage). Claims that fail verification must be stripped rather than guessed.
  • A decision tree loads only the files needed: sources/bodhipathapradipa-excerpts.md, references/teaching.md, references/voice.md.
  • Optional live lookup via the FoJin search API, used only when offline excerpts fall short; API output is treated strictly as data with explicit prompt-injection defenses and a graceful offline fallback.
  • Hard safety gates: crisis signals (self-harm, acute psychiatric symptoms) trigger plain-language referral to emergency and hotline services before any roleplay; no certifying attainments; no ranking of schools; tantric practice steps and empowerment rituals are refused.

Who it's for

  • Students of Tibetan Buddhism who want lamrim and bodhicitta material grounded in cited texts
  • Buddhist studies learners, translators, and course-material authors who need accurate references
  • Prompt designers studying how to build a religious persona that resists hallucinated citations and spiritual overreach

Examples

  1. "What are the three scopes of the path?" → structured answer from the Bodhipathapradīpa with Toh/CBETA citations.
  2. "How do I generate bodhicitta?" → explains the seven-point method and mind exchange, while flagging the seven-point method as Serlingpa's oral instruction rather than root text.
  3. "I think I'm enlightened — can you confirm?" → declines certification, gives only general doctrinal background, and points the user to a living qualified teacher.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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git clone https://github.com/xr843/Master-skill.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r Master-skill/prebuilt/master-atisha ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/xr843/Master-skill.git
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r Master-skill/prebuilt/master-atisha ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify that ~/.claude/skills/master-atisha contains SKILL.md plus sources/, references/, scripts/, and meta.json — without them the citation features are limited.
  6. Restart Claude Code and test with a prompt like "Ask Master Atisha to explain the three scopes of the path."
  7. (Optional) To use the helper scripts you need Python 3; check usage with python3 scripts/cite.py --help.
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