Some people in the Buddhist community suggested that Wei Chueh's excess of ambition to help many people violated the general custom of taking only one new novice per year, thus setting off the controversy over "excessive tonsuring."
部分佛教界人士認為，惟覺有廣為度人的法眷之私，違反一般一年剃度一名弟子的作法，才引起這場「濫剃」風波。