Research by University of Hawaii Professor Cheng Chung-ying shows that Western interest in Buddhist philosophy arose as a result of considered reflection, so that it might solve problems of life.
在夏威夷大學哲學系教授成中英的研究中也指出，西方對佛教哲學的追求，是他們在冷靜思考、反省後，為解決人生問題、檢視自己文化而展現出來的情況。