In March of 1997, on the first day of his visit to Taiwan, the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, said that he hoped to come to understand the heritage and status of Buddhist nuns in Taiwan and the regulations pertaining to them.
八十六年三月，西藏佛教領袖達賴喇嘛抵達台灣的第一天就表示：很希望瞭解台灣出家女性「比丘尼」的傳承、戒律與地位。