He explains that disciples find it easy to offer hearts and souls to a founder they revere, but have a much harder time doing so to someone who became involved in the sect around the same time they themselves did. Acceptance will not be forthcoming unless the new leader has taken great strides in his or her spiritual practice.
「一旦失去信仰核心，團體成員容易滋長出分別心，而成為分裂的來源，」林谷芳解釋，信徒要奉獻身心給敬仰的教主不難，但要奉獻給以平輩論交的同修，除非有很深的修養，否則難以做到。