Of course times are always changing. In 1988 the management committee began to reevaluate the role of the institution. "The Lungshan Temple should not dragged into the disputes of the secular world. Religion should be separate from politics," stated current chairman Huang Chung-huang.
大環境不斷巨變，民國七十七年時龍山寺的董事會開始思索本身廟宇的定位，「龍山寺不該捲入世俗化的是非，政治與宗教應該分開」，龍山寺現任董事長黃種煌說。