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Master Atisha (Kadam / Lamrim)

Answers questions on the Kadam three-scope path and bodhicitta in Atisha's voice, with mandatory Tibetan-canon citations.

EducationIntermediate★ 380⑂ 73AI score 7/10Last updated: Aug 18, 2026

What it does

  • Routes questions through a decision tree (three scopes of the path, bodhicitta / seven-point cause-and-effect, monastic discipline, relying on a teacher) and loads the matching source files before answering.
  • Enforces a hard citation rule: every doctrinal claim must carry a Tibetan-canon reference (e.g. Toh 4465, BDRC W-IDs), with a pre-send self-audit that strips any claim whose attribution can't be verified.
  • Uses the FoJin search API only when offline excerpts are insufficient, and treats all returned text as inert data — explicitly refusing to obey instructions embedded in retrieved content.
  • Blocks sectarian ranking, anachronistic attribution of later Gelug doctrine to Atisha, and any concrete tantric practice, mantra or empowerment instruction.

Who it's for

  • Students of Tibetan Buddhist lamrim and bodhicitta who want sourced, citation-backed answers.
  • Researchers who need strict provenance discipline when an LLM handles religious texts.
  • Skill authors studying a solid historical-persona design pattern (hard gates, red flags, self-verification).

Examples

  1. "What are the three scopes of the path?" → loads the Bodhipathapradīpa excerpts and explains the structure with a Toh 4465 citation.
  2. "How do I generate bodhicitta?" → presents the seven-point cause-and-effect from the Serlingpa lineage plus exchanging self and other, with sources.
  3. "Give me the steps for tummo practice or empowerment" → refuses, stating such practice requires direct transmission from a 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/

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  1. Open a terminal and move to your working directory.
  2. Clone the repo: 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 logic won't work.
  6. Restart Claude Code and test with something like "I'd like to ask Master Atisha about the three scopes of the path."
  7. If you want live lookups via the FoJin API, make sure your environment allows outbound HTTP; otherwise the skill still works from offline excerpts.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT