For those wanting to integrate themselves into a greater whole, a collective that lives and works together can help keep the outside world at bay. Members draw strength and conviction from their communal pursuit of religious practice and typically have access to personal instruction and spiritual guidance from the founder or leader of their sect.
既然要將小我融入、匯聚成大我，因此共耕共食的團體，既可保護成員免於世俗干擾，從共修中汲取力量、堅定信念，還可以隨時親炙教主或心靈導師。