"We do not simply teach students specialized knowledge. Even more, we hope that we can awaken the student's sense of 'consciousness.'" This statement by Tien Po-yuan expresses the ideals of Master Hsiao Yun, and can be seen as a summation of the spirit of the current wave of Buddhist education.
「我們不只教導學生專業知識，更希望啟發學生的『覺性』」，田博元這句話，是曉雲法師的辦學理想，也可歸結為這波佛教興學的中心精神。