What Is The Order?

“The duty of my disciples is to adhere faithfully to the teaching they have received from me [Sangharakshita], to practice faithfully in accordance with that, and to do their best to hand it faithfully on to others.”

Do we see the Order as a practice in itself or as a support for our own individual practice? What does it mean to be a free association of individuals? We’ll be examining kalyana mitrata and the significance of the private and public ordinations in order to find our own answers.