However, people undeniably have a negative image in its name because there is a fast-breeder reactor named 'Monju' for the nuclear power plant located in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, being similarly named after the Monju Bosatsu, which has been worshiped as the principal image of Monju-do.
しかし、同所に安置されている本尊の文殊菩薩が由来とされる福井県敦賀市の原子力発電所用高速増殖炉「もんじゅ」があり、いささかネガティブなイメージを持たれてしまっている点は否定できない。