Since the 1980s, Taiwanese Buddhism has entered a new stage of transitions. Accompanied by the political liberation and the deregulation of religion, not only new native Buddhist forces have been thriving, but also many foreign Buddhist groups have entered Taiwan. The trend of globalization brings the convergence of Buddhism from different countries into Taiwan, which increases the diversity of Taiwanese Buddhism and offers plenty of religious options for monks and nuns. Hence, the perspective of globalization seems to be indispensable to understand the contemporary transformations of Taiwanese Buddhism. This paper aims to explore how monks and nuns of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism respond to these newly coming Buddhism by a small-scale survey. The questions include if they have been abroad for religious purposes, how many of them have read books written by some world-known Buddhist masters, which Buddhist masters or books have inspired them profoundly, and how they evaluate Chinese Mahayana Buddhism contrast to newly coming Theravada Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. Many evidences confirm that foreign Buddhism have significantly influenced the religious lives and aspiration of Taiwanese monks and nuns in various ways.
