The Structure of the Adidam Holy Institution

THE CODE OF SACRED GOVERNANCE

GIVEN BY HIS DIVINE PRESENCE,

The Sacred Laws, Principles, and Structures Through Which the Culturally Governing Sacred Authority of Adidam Ruchiradam is Enacted, Throughout the Sacred Orders and Sacred Organizational Entities of Adidam Ruchiradam—

Thereby Ensuring That the Integrity of Avatar Adi Da’s Way (As He Revealed and Gave It)

9.02 The Structure of the Adidam Holy Institution

  1. The Adidam Holy Institution is a nonprofit religious corpora­tion organized under the laws of the State of California.
  2. The Ruchira Sannyasin Order Office of Sacred Authority exer­cises culturally governing (that is to say, sacred, ecclesiastical, and entirely non-administrative, non-financial, non-managerial, and non-secular) authority over all the activities of the Adidam Holy Institution. The Sacred Authority Office is the means Given by Avatar Adi Da to extend His Own Source-Authority over the man­ifestation of His Work (in all its forms) in perpetuity.
  3. The Adidam Holy Institution is integral to the Divine Avataric Work of Avatar Adi Da, and hence, subject to this Code of Sacred Governance, usages, and disciplines thereof. The corporation can­not take or allow any action that is contrary to or inconsistent with the Revelation-Word of Avatar Adi Da and the Sacred Principles and Purposes of His Work in all its forms as authoritatively inter­preted solely and exclusively by the formal Sacred Authority Office that He Established to extend His Source-Authority over all His Work.
  4. All uses by the Adidam Holy Institution of Avatar Adi Da’s Forms of Divine Agency and His Sacred Treasures—Including

His Word, Likeness, Leelas, Image-Art, Literary Works, Theatri­cal Works, and all other intellectual property—must be formally culturally approved by the Sacred Authority Office, and are subject to formal licensing agreements with the Adidam Holy Samrajya, as described in Article 7.01 of this Code.

  1. The primary services (including the principal managerial servic­es) in the Adidam Holy Institution are to be performed by mem­bers of the Lay Renunciate Order.

E In its culturally managing responsibility, the Lay Renunciate Order Office is to ensure the implementation of the culturally ex­pressed instructions, intentions, and expectations of the Ruchira San­nyasin Order as communicated by the Sacred Authority Office with respect to all of the services and responsibilities of the Adidam Holy Institution.

  1. If, in any particular period of time, there are not sufficient members of the Lay Renunciate Order to fully staff the Lay Re­nunciate Order Office and all of the primary service functions and the principal managerial positions in the Adidam Holy Institution, exemplary members of the Forward Lay Congregationist Order or the Lay Congregationist Order shall temporarily fill these posi­tions, with the permission of the Sacred Authority Office.
  2. The Adidam Holy Institution has a Board of Directors and a voting membership. The sole voting member of the Adidam Holy Institution is the Ruchira Secretariat, a California nonprofit orga­nization that provides secular expression to Sacred Authority. The

2Quotation from “The Orders of My True and Free Renunciate Devotees” (section IV).

Ruchira Secretariat provides a vehicle through which the Sacred Principles that govern and guide the expression of Avatar Adi Da’s Work in the world are rightly applied to the policies and activities of the Adidam Holy Institution. The Ruchira Secretariat exercises specific and delegated authority from the Sacred Authority Office to ensure that the Adidam Holy Institution always conducts its activities under sacred authority. For a full description of the func­tion of the Ruchira Secretariat, see Article 7.04 of this Code.

  1. The Board of Directors and Officers handle the corporate and practical responsibilities of the Holy Institution. The Directors and Officers must be culturally approved to serve as such by the Sacred Authority Office. The Board Charter must be culturally approved by the Sacred Authority Office.
  2. The Divisions and Departments of the Adidam Holy Institution are:
  3. The Cultural Services Division: Administers and manages all cultural services associated with the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Congregations of Adidam Ruchiradam. The Cul­tural Services Division manages and maintains the integrity of devotee practice and progression in practice through appropri­ate education for devotees, through the training and appoint­ment of cultural service managers and practice “consideration” group guides (who must be formally culturally certified to serve as such by the Sacred Authority Office), and through the pro­vision of opportunities to participate in retreats, celebrations, and other cultural activities.

 

  1. The Cultural Services Department: Establishes and maintains a network of trained and accredited cultural serv­ers, regional cultural service managers, and practice “consid­eration” group guides; provides regular communications on cultural matters via this network to all devotees; provides specific cultural services as appropriate to each congrega­tion; conducts celebrations; administers retreats; provides all needed collection and posting of devotee cultural and practice status data; maintains current records of each dev­otee’s cultural standing.
  2. The Adidam Seminary: Preparation and cultural train­ing of priests, cultural service managers, practice “consider­ation” group guides, and other cultural servers (such as diet and health representatives of the Radiant Life Cultural and Health Services), all of whom must be formally culturally certified to serve as such by the Sacred Authority Office.
  3. Global Ashram Department: Provides a wide variety of live and recorded cultural events and presentations avail­able on-line to devotees in all congregations of Adidam Ruchiradam.
  4. Adidam Academy (the Education Department of the Adidam Holy Institution): Provides education courses and presentations on Avatar Adi Da’s Divine Avataric Leela, His Reality-Teaching, the Reality-Way of Adidam (and also courses on Avatar Adi Da’s Instruction relative to the Great Tradition) for devotees in all four Congregations of

 

Adidam Ruchiradam.

  1. The Publications/Mission Division: Administers and man­ages all global mission services (including the Barefoot Mission program) and the global publications program;
  2. Mission Department: Trains and appoints missionaries (who must be formally culturally approved for certification as such by the Ruchira Sannyasin Order of Sacred Authori­ty); manages the Barefoot Mission program; serves interested public through Adidam missionary events, retreats, materi­als (in all kinds of media), and access to Empowered Holy Places; trains devotees in mission service; coordinates mis­sion services in Adidam worldwide.
  3. Public Awareness Mission: conducts programs on the internet and other international communications venues to make the general global public aware of Avatar Adi Da and His Reality-Way of Adidam.
  4. Laughing Man Institute: Serves the missionary purposes of the Adidam Holy Institution by providing public education courses and presentations on Avatar Adi Da’s Divine Avataric Leela, His Reality-Teaching, the Reality-Way of Adidam, and also courses on Avatar Adi Da’s Instruction relative to the Great Tradition.
  • The Mission Department conducts the face-to-face mission, serving interested public who approach Avatar

 

Adi Da through Adidam educational opportunities (courses, media materials), events, retreats, and access to Empowered Holy Places, and it trains all mission managers and mission support servers.

  1. Mission Speakers Guild: trains devotees to serve as missionaries; trains and proposes for cultural approval of certification (to the Ruchira Sannyasin Order of Sacred Authority) event hosts, mission instructors, speakers, and barefoot missionaries.

Everything altogether done day to day by My devotees should bring more devotees under vow. This requires a global process by which My devotees are truly culturally prepared to provide the services for people to come under vow, and, once under vow, to establish the practice— such that they can enter into the culture of access to Me.

Avatar Adi Da Samraj, March 26, 2004

  1. Dawn Horse Press: Publishes and arranges for the global distribution of Avatar Adi Da’s Word and Leelas in printed, electronic, and audio-visual form, marketing and selling both to devotees and to the general public.
  2. Media Department: Provides a centralized program for production of public education materials; provides media materials for the Adidam Study Group program; creates other media such as films and documentaries of Avatar Adi Da’s Life and Work.

 

 

  1. Advocacy and Public Relations Department: Establish­es and maintains an outreach program which cultivates ap­propriate advocacy and support for the work of the Adi­dam Holy Institution among people of influence—as well as conducting appropriate public relations activities on be­half of the Adidam Holy Institution.
  2. Publications Review Board: Implements and manages the process of Ruchira Sannyasin Order cultural approv­al for devotee-written Leelas literature and devotee-writ- ten books, articles, and websites about Avatar Adi Da and Adidam which comply with the Principles Given by Ava­tar Adi Da. This Board establishes and maintains cultural procedures and services for devotees to have their writing reviewed by the Ruchira Sannyasin Order Office and (po­tentially) formally culturally acknowledged as a right and honorable presentation. This Board also provides cultural instruction and guidelines so that devotee writing, blog posts, and personal websites are culturally aligned.
  3. Administration Division: Provides administrative, legal, fi­nancial, information technology, and other services in support of all activities of the Adidam Holy Institution.