Master Sheng Yan of Fa Ku Shan doesn't hesitate to admit that the main motivation for founding a school is to enable the students studying under the "China Buddhism Institute" to get legally sanctioned educational credentials, and to develop modernized personnel for the Buddhist community.
而法鼓山聖嚴法師則不諱言，他辦學的最初動機是為了使「中華佛學研究所」畢業生能拿到合法學籍，並培養佛教界的現代化人才。