The purposes of Wayist Satsang are twofold

First, satsang (sangha in the Bhuddist tradition) is a type of “residential school system of spiritual learning”. It is a monastic system that all devotees may visit for brief periods or they may take vows of spiritual disciple and stay for longer periods.

The Satsang does not aim to replace secular schooling for young people. One is required to meet certain standards of education in order to benefit from and partake in a satsang program. Satsang does transfer life skills, English language skills, and soft skills while learning Wayist lifestyle and philosophy, but it does not teach basic skills that children should receive from secular schools. Individual satsang may allow for young and mature people alike to take Observer vows for a short period of time (often during school breaks or holidays).

Second, Satsang is a lifestyle dedicated to development of spirituality. Again, some people choose to partake in the lifestyle for short periods of a year or two, while others pursue full ordination. Ordination may lead to a lifelong career and may take several different paths, all equally available to all genders.

Sometimes the satsang lifestyle offers an ideal spiritual retreat for observer devotees. However, the satsang program is busy, and requires many scheduled tasks to be performed that seekers with busy lifestyles and little holiday time may find mundane. A satsang may specialize in providing retreat services for the aforementioned group, and typically would involve less daily mundane activities like cleaning, preparing places of worship, cooking, etc.

All satsang rely on donations for funding and rarely engage in commerce or paid services. That is the reason why satsang are involved in charitable works in their local communities; to provide an honest service in exchange for the funding received. A satsang may be involved in charitable works like feeding, medical, material aid, shelter and teaching schemes while other may even produce goods. Some monks and nuns are teachers, agricultural consultants, authors, bookkeepers, civil activists and advocates for different causes.

Satsang use the model of English language immersion. This makes it particularly hard for non-English speaking people from developing countries to enter and benefit from the system, mainly because it takes time for them to come up to speed with the language skill before other benefits can be had. Wayism knows that the purpose of life can best be pursued in association with the community at large, and not in isolation as an ascetic. The new “global village” provides immense growth and development opportunities that can only be had when one has international language skills.