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Compare Masters — Multi-Tradition Buddhist Perspectives

A meta-skill that picks 2–3 Buddhist masters matching your question and lays out their views in a fixed, citation-backed comparison framework that never ranks one tradition above another.

EducationIntermediate★ 481⑂ 90AI score 8/10Last updated: Oct 30, 2026

What it does

  • Uses a decision tree plus topic-mapping table (Pure Land recitation, Chan inquiry, emptiness, vinaya, bodhicitta, mindfulness, etc.) to auto-select 2–3 of 16 master personas across Indian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Theravada traditions.
  • For each master it loads that persona's meta.json, teaching.md, voice.md, and sources/, rewrites the query in that master's own terminology, and keeps only citations resolvable to declared sources under the persona's citation contract.
  • Emits a mandatory output protocol: Shared ground → each master's view with source line → core divergence → suitable dispositions → a five-dimension divergence radar (what is negated / what is established / entry point / target audience / ultimate framing) → labeled divergence types (sectarian / emphasis / expressive / capacity) → doctrinal background → follow-up meta-questions → citation list.
  • Safety clauses override everything: crisis signals trigger immediate professional referral instead of practice advice, no certification of attainment, no ranking of schools, and no fabricated master-to-master dialogue (that is routed to /master-debate).

Who it's for

  • Students and researchers of Buddhist doctrine who want structured cross-tradition comparison.
  • Anyone exploring classic controversies: Chan vs. Pure Land, Yogacara vs. Madhyamaka, sudden vs. gradual awakening.
  • Developers studying a well-built guardrail pattern for religious or spiritually sensitive AI assistants.

Examples

  1. "Does rebirth in the Pure Land require seeing one's nature first?" → triggers the Chan/Pure Land template with Huineng + Yinguang, presenting self-power vs. other-power without declaring a winner.
  2. "Is emptiness a negation or a description of reality?" → pairs Nagarjuna + Tsongkhapa + Huineng and separates the layers in the five-dimension radar.
  3. "How do meditation methods differ?" → Buddhaghosa + Mahasi + Ajahn Chah on the forty meditation subjects, noting technique, and the rising-falling noting method, while refusing to grade the user's insight stage.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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

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  1. Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS, WSL or Git Bash on Windows).
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/xr843/Master-skill.git
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy all sibling master skills, not just this one — it depends on the master-* persona folders and their meta.json/sources/: cp -r Master-skill/plugin/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Restart Claude Code, then try: "Compare how Chan and Pure Land masters view recitation practice."
  6. Optional helper scripts should be invoked with --help only (do not read their source): python ~/.claude/skills/compare-masters/scripts/cite.py --help.
  7. Verify the first response contains all required sections (Shared ground, Core divergence, Divergence radar, Citations) to confirm the skill loaded correctly.
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