Master Wei Chueh, head of Chungtai Zen Temple, said that it was good to bring the relic to Taiwan at this juncture, as authorities in Taipei and Beijing engage in a delicate dance on direct cross-strait links: "If everyone could learn to be more like the Buddha, it would be a very good thing."
中台禪寺惟覺老和尚則指出，在兩岸談三通的此時，正是佛指舍利來台最好時機，「大家若都能向佛陀的慈悲光明學習，應是最好的結果。」