When a middle-aged woman sees her children, for whom she has toiled away her entire adult life, grow up and move away from home, she often suffers from "empty nest syndrome." Volunteering at a temple is an excellent way to deal with this problem.
超越母性對於前去寺廟服務的婦女而言，為子女們忙了一輩子，一旦空閒下來，經常會有內心失落及伴隨而出的「空巢期」狀況出現。