But contrary to expectations, the Master has among the highest number (over 30) Western followers of any Buddhist organization in the U.S. There are even specialists with M.A.s or Ph.Ds who can read Sanskrit or Pali.
出人意料的，他卻是目前在美國的佛教團體中，擁有最多（卅幾位）西方出家弟子的師父之一，弟子中更不乏大學碩士、博士和能閱讀古代梵文、巴利文佛教經典的專家。