gemma-isckon-1b

🕉️📿 Gemma-3-1B — Spiritual ISKCON Q&A Assistant

A lightweight, respectful, and spiritually-aligned chatbot trained to preserve and share Guru wisdom.

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📖 Project Purpose

To enhance spiritual accessibility and preserve Guru teachings, this service-learning project aims to:

✨ Develop an intelligent chatbot trained on ISKCON Q&A audio transcripts using state-of-the-art NLP
✨ Transcribe, preprocess, and organize religious Q&A content from Chaitanya Guru into a RAG-optimized knowledge base
✨ Provide accurate, context-specific responses to questions about Hinduism, philosophy, and devotional life
✨ Support devotees and learners globally by disseminating authentic wisdom through a digital medium

This model is text-to-text fine-tuned on our curated and ethically sourced Q&A dataset.

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✨ Features

✅ Responses inspired by Vaishnava philosophy & teachings
✅ Lightweight ✅ 1B parameters ✅ 4-bit quantized
✅ Runs locally on < 8GB RAM devices
✅ Supports RAG for improved factual accuracy
✅ Suitable for desktop, mobile, and edge deployment

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⚠️ Guidance & Respect for Teachings

📌 This AI does not replace a spiritual master, temple authority, or scriptural study.

It aims to:

• Support curiosity & learning
• Maintain respect for the Guru-shishya tradition
• Avoid personal interpretation or misinformation

For deeper guidance, devotees are encouraged to consult qualified ISKCON teachers.

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🛠️ Technical Details

• Base Model: unsloth/gemma-3-1b-it
• Fine-Tuning Method: LoRA (4-bit QLoRA)
• Format: GGUF for local inference
• Data: Scraped Q&A transcripts from ISKCON discourses
• RAG-Ready: QA pairs stored in vector DB