On reaching Kalimpong Sangharakshita opened a letter from George Goulstone, one of the directors of the English Sangha Trust.

‘”Do you know what this means?” I asked Terry, when I had finished reading the letter. “It means a new Buddhist movement!” The words sprang spontaneously from my lips. It was as if the Trust's letter, coming as it did like a flash of lightning, had suddenly revealed possibilities that had hitherto been shrouded in darkness or perceived only dimly. Though I had long felt that the Buddhist movement in Britain might need a fresh impetus …. I had certainly never considered the possibility of my taking a step so radical as that of starting a new Buddhist movement, whether in Britain or anywhere else. But I now saw that a new Buddhist movement was what was really needed, and that the Trust's letter had opened the way to my starting it.’

Sangharakshita, Moving Against the Stream, (CW23), pp.376-7