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Applies a skeptic's test to mystical or spiritual claims: keep what you can verify or try yourself, such as meditation, and set aside what cannot be falsified.
SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.
Install Rational Buddhism
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill rational-buddhism --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism .claude/skills/rational-buddhism && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "rational-buddhism" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism into .claude/skills/rational-buddhism/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rational-buddhism", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhismType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill rational-buddhism --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism .agents/skills/rational-buddhism && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "rational-buddhism" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism into .agents/skills/rational-buddhism/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rational-buddhism", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill rational-buddhism --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism .cursor/skills/rational-buddhism && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "rational-buddhism" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism into .cursor/skills/rational-buddhism/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rational-buddhism", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git --path books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill rational-buddhism --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism .gemini/skills/rational-buddhism && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "rational-buddhism" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism into .gemini/skills/rational-buddhism/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rational-buddhism", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill rational-buddhismInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism .github/skills/rational-buddhism && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "rational-buddhism" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism into .github/skills/rational-buddhism/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rational-buddhism", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill rational-buddhism --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism .opencode/skills/rational-buddhism && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "rational-buddhism" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism into .opencode/skills/rational-buddhism/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rational-buddhism", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
rational-buddhism- GitHub stars
- 11k
- Token cost
- ~685 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 153 words
- Files
- 3
- Skills in repo
- 22
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Applies a skeptic's test to mystical or spiritual claims: keep what you can verify or try yourself, such as meditation, and set aside what cannot be falsified.
- Works in 4 steps: 面对玄学/灵修/伪科学主张：「这个该信吗」 → 建立个人验证标准：「我该信什么」 → 科学与精神之间的摇摆：「科学和冥想冲突吗」 → …
- Judging whether a spiritual or pseudoscientific claim is worth believing
- SKILL.md covers R — 原文 (Reading), I — 方法论骨架 (Interpretation), A1 — 书中的应用 (Past Application) and A2 — 触发场景 (Future Trigger) ★, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Following a chapter of Naval Ravikant's almanack, the skill gives a screen for deciding what to believe. A claim that cannot make a falsifiable prediction is not treated as a basic truth, evolution is the constraint for understanding what people are, and inner practices such as meditation, observation and acceptance are kept because they hold up when tried. Skepticism should not stop you from testing an experience yourself. The skill text is written in Chinese.
Four steps: ask whether the claim makes a falsifiable prediction; design a 30-day personal trial for anything you can experience and note the before and after; keep what works and drop what does not, whatever the source; and write three personal beliefs with the level of evidence for each. It steps back for people seeking religious comfort in dying or grief, cautions against applying falsifiability to areas like literature or love, and notes that self-testing is itself subjective evidence.
When your agent uses it
- Judging whether a spiritual or pseudoscientific claim is worth believing
- Setting your own standard of evidence for what to accept
- Designing a trial of meditation or another practice on yourself
- Reconciling an interest in meditation with a scientific outlook
Example prompts
- “Is chakra healing worth taking seriously? Help me test it against my own standards.”
- “Set up a 30-day experiment to see whether daily meditation helps me.”
- “How can I stay skeptical about spirituality without dismissing everything?”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- 面对玄学/灵修/伪科学主张：「这个该信吗」
- 建立个人验证标准：「我该信什么」
- 科学与精神之间的摇摆：「科学和冥想冲突吗」
- 想尝试但保持理性：「怎么亲测又不走火入魔」
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a28de55. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Rational Buddhism loads about 685 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 153 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from kangarooking/cangjie-skill at commit a28de55, republished under its MIT licence (© kangarooking). 153 words, ~685 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/rational-buddhism/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- rational-buddhism
- description
- 当用户问某主张/玄学/灵修该不该信、想建立自己的验证标准、或寻找科学与精神的结合点时调用。 核心理念: 尝试一切, 亲自测试, 保持怀疑, 保留有用的, 舍弃没用的; 不可证伪的主张不进入基本真理; 冥想/接纳等内在技术可保留。 不适用于: 需要信仰安慰的临终/哀伤场景(尊重个体选择)。 Triggers: 该不该信/玄学/灵修/冥想/可证伪/验证/理性/rational buddhism/verify/belief
- source_book
- 《纳瓦尔宝典：财富与幸福指南》 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特
- source_chapter
- 第二章·幸福 / 第三节 哲学 / 理性佛教
- tags
- philosophy, verification, mindfulness, epistemology
理性佛教：验证一切
R — 原文 (Reading)
尝试一切，亲自测试，保持怀疑，保留有用的，舍弃没用的。……理性的部分意味着我必须与科学和进化和解。我必须拒绝所有我不能验证的内容。……如果我无法验证它，或者如果我不能通过科学到达那里，那么它可能是真的，也可能是假的，但它肯定是无法证伪的，所以我不能将它视为基本真理。
— 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特, 《纳瓦尔宝典》 第二章·幸福
I — 方法论骨架 (Interpretation)
「理性佛教」是用科学标准过滤、保留内在技术的精神立场： ① 可证伪底线——「如果不能做出可证伪的预测，那它就不是科学」；无法验证/无法证伪的主张（业报、脉轮、超能力）不能进入基本真理； ② 亲自测试——冥想对你有好处吗？理清思路是好事吗？亲自验证后再采纳； ③ 保留有用的——冥想、观察、接纳等经时间考验的内在工作方法与科学并不冲突； ④ 进化是约束原则——进化论解释人是什么（生存与复制机器），佛教解释内在状态怎么调，二者可调和； ⑤ 保持怀疑但不关闭体验——「我不赞成任何幻想的东西」，但也别因「听起来玄」就拒绝亲测（读《当下的力量》的例子：先合上书说屁话，后来带着积极心态尝试，感觉很好）。
A1 — 书中的应用 (Past Application)
案例 1: 拒绝不可验证的教义
- 问题: 佛教里的业报/脉轮该信吗
- 方法论的使用: 「我看过。我不记得任何前世。我没有任何相关记忆。我就只是不能相信。」
- 结论: 无法亲自验证=不能视为基本真理
- 结果: 保留佛教的内在工作，拒绝玄学部分
案例 2: 读《当下的力量》的转变
- 问题: 对能量练习的第一反应是「这是屁话」
- 方法论的使用: 「我会带着积极的心态去做。我躺下，并尝试冥想。」
- 结论: 「很好，如果我相信它，或许它能起作用」
- 结果: 体验很好——验证优先于偏见
A2 — 触发场景 (Future Trigger) ★
用户会在什么情境下需要这个 skill?
- 面对玄学/灵修/伪科学主张：「这个该信吗」
- 建立个人验证标准：「我该信什么」
- 科学与精神之间的摇摆：「科学和冥想冲突吗」
- 想尝试但保持理性：「怎么亲测又不走火入魔」
语言信号
- "这东西是真的吗/该信吗"
- "怎么验证一个说法"
- "科学 vs 灵修/冥想"
- "is this true / falsifiable / rational approach to spirituality"
与相邻 skill 的区分
- 与
judgment-training的区别: 判断力是通用思考能力；本 skill 是「什么可以信」的验证标准 - 与
monkey-mind-meditation的区别: 冥想是技术，本 skill 是允许/拒绝技术的哲学框架
E — 可执行步骤 (Execution)
跑可证伪测试
- 完成标准: 对主张问「它能做出可证伪的预测吗？失败时我能发现吗？」；不能→标记为「非基本真理」
跑亲自验证
- 完成标准: 若主张可体验（冥想/断食/练习），设计一个 30 天亲测计划，记录前后差异
按结果取舍
- 完成标准: 保留有用的（可复现体验），舍弃没用的（无效果/无法验证），不因来源迷信也不因标签拒绝
写入个人原则
- 完成标准: 形成 3 条自己的「相信清单」，注明每条的证据等级
B — 边界 (Boundary) ★
不要在以下情况使用此 skill
- 用户寻求宗教/灵性安慰的临终关怀、哀伤场景（尊重信仰选择，不灌输理性主义）
- 用「可证伪」标准审判一切人文领域（文学/爱/意义不适用该标准）
作者在书中警告的失败模式
- 把无法证伪当真理: 脉轮、业报等「花里胡哨的命名」不能进入基本真理
- 迷信权威替代亲测: 一切都要亲自测试
作者的盲点 / 时代局限
- 「亲自验证」本身也是主观证据，作者对玄学用可证伪标准、对自己体验用个人标准，存在双标
- 理性主义框架对非理性需求的解释力有限
容易混淆的邻近方法论
judgment-training: 可证伪性是判断力心智模型库之一
相关 skills (阶段 3 定稿)
- depends-on:
judgment-training（可证伪标准是判断力产物） - composes-with:
monkey-mind-meditation、life-meaning
审计信息
- 验证通过: V1 ✓ / V2 ✓ / V3 ✓ (v18)
- 测试通过率: 见 test-results.md
- 蒸馏时间: 2026-08-01
© kangarooking, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files in books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism of kangarooking/cangjie-skill.
- SKILL.md
- test-prompts.json
- test-results.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a28de55
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Questions about Rational Buddhism
What does Rational Buddhism do?
Applies a skeptic's test to mystical or spiritual claims: keep what you can verify or try yourself, such as meditation, and set aside what cannot be falsified. Following a chapter of Naval Ravikant's almanack, the skill gives a screen for deciding what to believe. A claim that cannot make a falsifiable prediction is not treated as a basic truth, evolution is the constraint for understanding what people are, and inner practices such as meditation, observation and acceptance are kept because they hold up when tried.
When should I use Rational Buddhism?
Rational Buddhism fits situations like: judging whether a spiritual or pseudoscientific claim is worth believing; setting your own standard of evidence for what to accept; designing a trial of meditation or another practice on yourself; reconciling an interest in meditation with a scientific outlook.
How do I install Rational Buddhism in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism in kangarooking/cangjie-skill) into .claude/skills/rational-buddhism in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Rational Buddhism in Codex?
Run `npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (books/naval-almanack-skill/rational-buddhism in kangarooking/cangjie-skill) into .agents/skills/rational-buddhism in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Rational Buddhism in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill rational-buddhism -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/rational-buddhism, .gemini/skills/rational-buddhism, .github/skills/rational-buddhism and .opencode/skills/rational-buddhism in your project.
What does Rational Buddhism need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Rational Buddhism is instructions for the agent only.
Does Rational Buddhism access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Rational Buddhism safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Rational Buddhism use?
Rational Buddhism is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Rational Buddhism use?
About 685 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Rational Buddhism?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Rational Buddhism: Perplexity Web Search (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars), Article Fact Checker (digoal/blog, 8.6k stars) and Deep Research Agent Team (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Rational Buddhism?
kangarooking (a GitHub user) maintains it in kangarooking/cangjie-skill, which has 11,071 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.
Source: kangarooking/cangjie-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.