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Chitta
LiveDirect access to canonical Buddhist texts with translation, commentary, and scholarly tools
2025–present
Overview
Most Buddhist study apps offer watered-down mindfulness content or generic AI answers scraped from the internet. Chitta is different — it's a serious study tool built by Buddhist students and practitioners who wanted to engage with the actual texts, not summaries of them.
Chitta offers 7 classical Tibetan Buddhist texts readable chapter by chapter, from Shantideva's 8th-century Way of the Bodhisattva to Patrul Rinpoche's Words of My Perfect Teacher. Every translation is verified by Geshe-las. The AI chat assistant answers exclusively from specific chapters and verses — no generic knowledge, no hallucination, just the tradition itself.
Tibetan script appears throughout with Wylie transliteration, a cross-referenced glossary of Buddhist terminology, and native speaker pronunciation guides for 9 prayers. Completely free, no account required.
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Classical Texts
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Prayer Pronunciations
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Traditions Covered
How It Works
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7 classical texts from Nyingma, Kagyu, and Mahayana traditions — Words of My Perfect Teacher, Way of the Bodhisattva, Jewel Ornament of Liberation, and more
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Chitta Chat — AI grounded in specific chapters and verses, not generic internet knowledge. The actual texts, not summaries.
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Tibetan script with Wylie transliteration throughout, plus a cross-referenced glossary of Buddhist terminology
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Native speaker pronunciation guides for 9 prayers — word-by-word breakdowns with adjustable speed and looping
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Highlight and note-taking tools for serious study
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All translations verified by Geshe-las (qualified Buddhist masters)
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Completely free, no account required — built for the tradition, not for profit
Methodology
Text-grounded study system that retrieves answers from specific chapters and verses rather than generating from general knowledge. Pronunciation module uses recordings from native Tibetan speakers.