Master Sheng-yen has two explanations for the turnabout. First, at a time when contemporary man's living space grows ever smaller and social tensions ever greater, Buddhism offers people explanations for the flux around them and a limitless spiritual space to roam in. And second, as people rise in educational level, they gain a new understanding of Buddhism which they find more acceptable.
昔衰今盛的現象，聖嚴法師的解釋是：一方面現代人生活空間越來越小，人際間的緊張卻越來越大；世事無常，而佛法裡正好有許多對諸般世相的解釋，更有無限的空間任人遨遊；其次，由於人們的知識程度提高，對佛學有新的認識，因此較能接受。