Another, joked that "people will do for the Buddha what they won't for a monk," a reference to the fact that while Taiwan's major Buddhist sects generally go their own way, they have all worked together on this occasion.
「不看僧面看佛面」、「兩岸未通佛先通」，為了此次迎佛指盛舉，一向山頭林立的台灣佛教界，首度整合成功，包括佛光山、中台山、慈濟、法鼓山等，四大山頭、九大門派、五大團體都派代表參與恭迎佛指舍利。