He compares the rage for the beads to the scams involving the charlatan Buddhist master Song Chi-li who sold doctored photographs of light emanating from his head or the enormous sums spent on Buddha pedestals by the Taiqimen sect. "Strange beasts," he says, "come out during times of social crisis." Modern people, with their numerous desires, are hard to satisfy and often lack peace and happiness.
他把天珠和宋七力頭頂發光的神跡相片及太極門的蓮花往生座並列，認為這些都是「生活危機感下的怪獸」，因為現代人慾望增多，永難饜足，所以總覺得生活中有許多不快樂、不安心的事。