Among the Mahayana Buddhism sects, there is a dispute over who is the main image in Nichiren and Hokke sects; additionally, there is a conflict between a thesis that considers Shaka to be the original Buddha and another that considers it to be Nichiren.
大乗仏教の中でも、日蓮宗・法華宗では宗派の本尊とする本仏が誰かという論争が有り、釈迦本仏論と日蓮本仏論の対立がある。