In recent years, thanks to the efforts of many prominent monks, Buddhism has been flourishing in Taiwan. Fewer Daoist priests than before are invited to funeral rites by bereaved families to guide the deceased into heaven; instead, Buddhist monks or Pure Land Sect followers chant at dying people's bedsides to help them be reborn in the Pure Land.
過去幾年台灣佛教在許多高僧大德推動下展現蓬勃生氣，出現在大街小巷的喪葬儀式裡，民間延請道士導引死者升天的場景漸少，出家師父或淨土信徒熱中到臨終病人床前助念，幫助往生淨土。