In 1965 the much-respected Venerable Yin-shun said in a letter replying to a query from Venerable Sheng-yan that there was no longer a need to place too much stress on the "Eight Chief Laws" and that equality should be stressed.
早在民國五十四年，一代佛學泰斗印順法師在答覆聖嚴法師的書信中，已經提到今後對於八敬法不必過於重視，應當重視的是「平等性」。