本文是以一個臺灣密宗團體的九十二名信眾訪談資料，來了解臺灣密宗信眾心目中所追求的信仰特質。本研究主要發現如下：（一）32％受訪者在皈依此團體之前曾是顯教徒；42％受訪者皈依此團體的動機是為了求取具體的世俗目標；（二）受訪者所看重的教義為：不用出家也能成佛；不像顯教須經多世苦修，密宗有傳承加持可這一世成就；在修了生脫死的同時，密法可滿足現世的願望；藉由上師修法或自己修法消業障，可快速改善健康和生活上的問題。

This study tries to understand why people join Tantric Buddhism, which emerged in the 1980s as a new religious movement in Taiwan. Data were collected via interviews with 92 randomly selected believers of the group, Nona-Huatsang Tantric Buddhism. There are two main findings. (1) One third of the interviewees before converting to this group, had practiced Mahayana Buddhism; and 42% of the interviewees initially joined the group to look for ways to improve their health, love relationships, and career advancement. (2) In comparison with Mahayana Buddhism, the goal of transcending death could be achieved at the end of this life, and the practice of methods for obtaining the secular goals are aligned with the belief for transcending death.