Many Buddha appearing in the Sutra of Mahayana Buddhism, including various Buddha existing in all directions as well as in the past, present and future, were all Shakubutsu and no more than copies of Honbutsu or Shakyamuni Buddha.
大乗仏教経典には十方の仏をはじめ、現在過去未来の無量の諸仏が登場するが、すべて本仏釈迦牟尼仏のコピーに過ぎず、単なる迹仏と言う論である。