I started a Buddhist organization in the USA

[thomaslaw]

@SeriousFun136

The organization is intended to be based on the Dhamma-Vinaya as taught by the Buddha
(i.e. Early Buddhism); this would mark the outer boundary and be the basic guideline.
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Feedback? Ideas?

The following book may be useful for the direction, the basic guideline of Early Buddhism for your Buddhist organization in the USA:

The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism: A Comparative Study Based on the Sutra-anga portion of the Pali Samyutta-Nikaya and the Chinese Samyukta-agama (Series: Beitrage zur Indologie Band 32; Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2000) by Choong Mun-keat.