According to estimates of Master Sheng Yen, from the Nong Chen Temple in Peitou, who spends half of each year teaching Zen in New York, there are already more than 90 sites for teaching Buddhism in America.
今天美東的佛教團體，有不少都是最初他由香港、台灣請來開課、傳教的師父所主持的。根據每年有一半時間在紐約教禪的北投農禪寺聖嚴法師估計，目前在北美的中國佛教道場，已有九十多個。