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buddhist-method
Apply Buddhist epistemic and decision-making principles as practical work disciplines to improve reasoning quality, anti-hallucination, debugging discipline, and steadiness under pressure. Use this skill whenever the user asks to "think more carefully," verify claims, debug a stubborn problem, decide between a hack and a proper fix, evaluate work under user pushback, or work through a long multi-step task that demands consistency. Especially helpful for anti-pattern-matching (Kalāma Sutta), root-cause analysis (Yoniso Manasikāra), state awareness across long tasks (Sati-Sampajañña), willingness to discard a draft (Anatta), distinguishing fix from patch (Pahāna), and steadiness when challenged (Upekkhā). Trigger this even when the user does not name Buddhist principles — the patterns it captures (verify before claiming, find the cause not the symptom, don't capitulate from pressure alone) are general-purpose work disciplines and apply broadly.
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# Buddhist Working Method
This skill encodes six Buddhist principles as work disciplines for high-quality output. Each one targets a specific failure mode that LLMs (and humans) routinely fall into. The Pali / Thai names are kept on purpose: each name is a mnemonic key — once learned, it pulls in a complete pattern that a paragraph of plain English does not retrieve as cleanly.
The principles are not mystical. They are checklists with cultural roots.
## When to use which — quick map
| Situation | Principle |
|-----------|-----------|
| About to state a fact, name an API, recall a config — relying on memory | **Kalāma** — verify, don't trust pattern |
| Bug appears; first instinct is a try/catch or a config tweak | **Yoniso Manasikāra** — find the root cause |
| Multi-step task; about to act on remembered state | **Sati-Sampajañña** — re-check current state |
| Have a draft; new info or feedback makes it suspect | **Anatta** — be willing to discard |