林獻堂是日治時期台中霧峰林家的族長，他具有儒家與佛家思想的性格，這成爲他推動政治社會運動態度作爲感恩回報的處世方式，他的佛學因緣來自林家的信仰傳承，梁啟超思想的啟發，以及自己閱讀佛經的感悟。日治晚期積極學佛的最重要的內在支持力量。他的宗教意識最主要表達在祭祖活動，以視死如生的並力求實踐，他以人間佛教的理念，自視平淡自然且謙抑自制，追求大公無私，超脫個人愚痴貪念，以心控身到以身調心的境界，有如觀音佛陀聞聲救苦的悲憫情懷，他重視女權，以空色作爲超越慾望的大端，奉行一切諸善的泛道德觀。

Hsien Tang Lin was the Wu-Frong country gentry's leader in the Taiwan central region during the Japanese occupation. He has special personality that enriched the thinking of Confucianism and Buddhism, which became the main inner power to push him engaging the political movement and social education. He expressed the worshiping ancestors respectfully that reflected the good manner to the dead as feel grateful repay of conducting value to human being. Mr. Lin's Buddhism faith was causing originally from the tradition clan religion, the scholar of Mr. Chi Chow Liang's thought, and his own awareness of studying the Buddhist scripture. Mr. Lin learned the Buddhist theories very hard as well as fulfillment at daily work. He believed that the Buddhism must into society to provide beneficence to people, suppress self-control, pursue impartial, transcend personal stupid fantastic and greediness, also control personal behavior as to adjust heart peacefully, for that liked Buddha hearing noise to save mind out off the bitterness. Mr. Lin pay attention to the women's rights, looked empty on the pleasure of feminine companionship, conducted everything kindly as fulfilled by morals view.