The Chan courses that are held in Taipei's Hsinyi Road usually see two thirds of the students skipping classes before the course is even half way through; since the master of the Nung Chan Temple has been in the media, the number of people submitting their names can only go on rising.
位於台北市信義路的十方禪林禪修課，常有三分之二的學生不到一半課程便開始曠課；而農禪寺在師父上過媒體之後，報名禪訓人數總會激增。