One reason that Like a Dream of a Dream represents a major breakthrough for Lai is that previously he had always been reluctant to directly write anything from Buddhist thought into his plays, for fear of coming off as a missionary.
《如夢之夢》是賴聲川的一大突破，在此之前，他一直不敢把佛法寫進戲裡，怕有「傳教」的意味。