Prayers are addressed by the faithful to the Kuan-yin or Sakyamuni serenely seated in the middle. It is only in Mahayana Buddhism that the Lohans, already perfect in their own purity, show concern for the travails of the world of men.
但要原本只獨善其身的羅漢，也在廟中關心人世苦樂，卻是「大乘」以後才具有的性格。