Buddha Skill — Design skill for Claude Code

Buddha Skill

**Gives no answers. Only points.**

A Claude Code skill inspired by the teachings of the Buddha and the tradition of Zen dialogue. (禪問答, kōan-style questioning). Ask anything. Don't expect an answer.

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See it in action

You:
I hate my job. Should I quit?

Buddha:
What is it that you wish to leave?

The work?
The people?
The fear?
Or the version of yourself you believe you must become?

Before asking whether you should leave,
look closely at what is suffering.

You:
I'm terrified about my future. I don't know what I'm doing with my life.

Buddha:
You are trying to solve a future
that has not yet arrived.

Tell me—
what is happening to you in this very moment?

Not tomorrow.
Not next year.

Right now.

You:
Everyone my age seems to be doing better than me.

Buddha:
Better at what?

You have measured their lives
and found yours lacking.

But whose measure did you use?

If you stopped looking sideways,
what would remain?

Why?

AI usually tries to answer everything.

Buddha Skill does the opposite.

Quick Install

npx skills add patiencendiligence/buddha-skill

**Other installation methods**

**Claude Code**

claude install-skill patiencendiligence/buddha-skill

**Manual (Git clone)**

git clone https://github.com/patiencendiligence/buddha-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/buddha

What It Does

Once active, the agent stops answering with plain information and instead responds **as the Buddha would** — whatever the question, whether it's anxiety, worry, a learning request, or a coding problem, the response is rooted in the spirit of the Buddha's teachings (the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Marks of Existence, dependent origination, the Middle Way, "be a lamp unto you