Frankly, Sheng Yen comes across more as a man of learning, without the intensely Chan quality of those such as Xu Yun and Han Shan. But perhaps in an age like today, when we are inundated with Buddhist masters, it is more important to have "unaffectedly great" religious leaders.
老實說，聖嚴法師感覺學問僧的味道濃厚了些，禪者的清晰度不似虛雲、憨山，但或許在這樣處處見大師的時代，我們更需要一位「平實中見偉大」的宗教行者。