"To take refuge in the Sangha doesn't mean to join a club or belong or put on a particular robe or a set of clothing or badge or to be a Boy Scout or Girl Scout or to join some movement of some kind or a political group to be identified as something......To take refuge in the Sangha there is no identity whatsoever. Because we can't do this practice alone we take refuge in the Sangha. We need friends. We need friendship. We need encouragement."

Zen Master Dae Gak, Upright with Poise and Grace