Most of the young novices at the Chungtai Zen monastery, on the other hand, come from the families of Buddhist devotees. As young children they went to monasteries with their parents and attended Buddhist courses and summer camps, and these experiences planted the seeds of Buddhism in their hearts.
反觀中台禪寺的小沙彌（尼），卻多來自信佛的家庭，從小耳濡目染，跟著父母上山、參加佛學班、佛學夏令營等，「佛緣」就這麼種下了。「有些孩子是前世薰修來的」，惟覺和尚認為。