# Distill.family — Comprehensive LLM Context

> Live with care — for yourself, for others, for what holds you.

## What this is

Distill.family is a cross-tradition compass distilled from twelve of the world's wisdom traditions. What they share, and what each contributes uniquely — organized by human concern.

Its purpose is to present an honest, traceable resource that preserves each tradition's distinctive contribution while making both shared themes and genuine disagreements visible.

## What this isn't

- Not a replacement for scripture
- Not an intersection (only what they all agree on)
- Not syncretism (combining traditions into one)
- Not perennialism (claiming all traditions secretly say the same thing)
- Not affiliated with any religious institution
- Not claiming neutrality — this is a pluralist reading, acknowledged as contestable

## The twelve traditions

1. Buddhism (Theravāda) — Dhammapada + Pali Canon nikāyas
2. Islam — Quran
3. Hinduism (Vedanta) — Bhagavad Gītā + Principal Upaniṣads
4. Judaism — Tanakh
5. Christianity — Bible (OT + NT + Catholic deuterocanon)
6. Sikhism — Guru Granth Sahib
7. Taoism — Tao Te Ching + Zhuangzi
8. Confucianism — Analects + Great Learning + Doctrine of the Mean + Mencius
9. Jainism — Akārāṅga + Kalpa + Sūtrakṛtāṅga + Uttarādhyayana
10. Bahá'í Faith — Hidden Words + Aqdas + Gleanings (+ Seven Valleys + Iqan)
11. Zoroastrianism — Avesta (Gathas + Yashts + Vendidad + Yasna Haptanghaiti)
12. Shinto — Kojiki + Nihon Shoki

Reading order is alphabetic. No tradition is privileged.

## Methodology (4 layers)

- **N=1** — per-text atomic statements with verse-level traceability
- **N=2** — within-tradition convergence across multiple scriptures (where applicable)
- **N=3** — synthesized per-tradition principle set (typically 14-18 principles)
- **Cross-tradition** — themes × traditions with N/D-attestation breadth scoring; preserves how traditions ground shared claims differently

## Key analytic disciplines

### Same claim, different reasons
Many traditions share a claim (e.g., "every person has dignity") but ground it differently:
- Imago Dei (Christianity, Judaism)
- Ātman = Brahman (Hinduism/Vedanta)
- Shared suffering without self (Buddhism)
- Cultivated nobility / ren (Confucianism)
- Alignment with the Dao (Taoism)
- Khalīfah / vicegerency (Islam)

Agreement on the surface does not mean agreement underneath. The Map preserves the distinction at every theme.

### N/D-attestation tiers
- UNIVERSAL — attested across all 12 traditions
- MAJORITY — 9-11 traditions
- MODERATE — 5-8 traditions
- WEAK — 2-4 traditions (still significant — pluri-tradition convergence)

### Held tensions
Some divergences are genuine contradictions the traditions themselves regard as decisive. These are presented plainly, never smoothed:
- The nature of self (anatta / ātman / soul)
- The ultimate (personal God / impersonal / no God)
- Grace vs. self-effort
- Linear vs. cyclical time
- Founder authority (prophet / sage / awakened)
- Scripture (revelation / discovery / record)
- Action vs. contemplation
- Hierarchy vs. egalitarianism
- Renunciation vs. engagement
- Sacrifice vs. ethics
- Cosmic justice (karma / providence / nature)
- Salvation/liberation (collective / individual)
- Embodiment (sacred / illusion / vehicle)

## Preserved jewels (untranslatable terms kept in native form)

Buddhism: anatta, anicca, dukkha, nibbāna, paṭiccasamuppāda, sīla, samādhi, paññā, mettā, karuṇā, muditā, upekkhā
Islam: tawḥīd, īmān, ihsān, taqwā, raḥmah, ʿadl, khilāfah, ummah
Hinduism: ātman, brahman, dharma, karma, mokṣa, ahiṃsā, satya
Judaism: hesed, tzedek, tikkun olam, halakhah, shabbat, mitzvot
Christianity: imago Dei, agape, kenosis, communio, caritas
Sikhism: ik onkar, sewa, naam, kirat karo, vand chhako
Taoism: dao, de, wu wei, ziran, pu
Confucianism: ren, yi, li, zhi, xin, junzi, xiao
Jainism: ahiṃsā, anekāntavāda, syādvāda, aparigraha
Bahá'í: bahá, badí', ittiḥād, oneness of humanity
Zoroastrianism: asha, vohu manah, humata-hukhta-hvarshta
Shinto: kami, makoto, musubi, harae

Each preserved verbatim — gloss may be translated, term is not.

## Origins

The distillation methodology was developed for magnifica.family (Catholic Social Doctrine from Magnifica Humanitas) and extended cross-tradition under a pluralist standpoint. The methodology origin is transparent and operationally independent of the current standpoint.

## License & contact

Content licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source scriptures quoted under fair use from public-domain translations where possible. Issues, corrections, attribution feedback: GitHub repository.

## API

A self-describing JSON API mirrors the content tree at /api, with OpenAPI 3.1 spec at /api/openapi.json. Each response includes _links (HATEOAS) and _meta (lang, license, apiVersion).