"But Western followers and Asian believers are different," he says. Aside from those who are just curious, many of the former also seek the religious experience and Buddhist theory. Most of Asian descent believe from tradition.
「但西方弟子和亞裔信徒卻有不同」，聖嚴法師表示，除因好奇來看廟宇、跟著吃素的「觀光客」外，真正想學佛、成為信徒的美籍弟子，都會要求宗教體驗與佛學理論並修；不像大部分的亞裔信徒，因為傳統的關係，較侷限在信仰上。