However, Mappo shiso solely points to the decline of Buddhism, namely it is the prediction that Buddhism would lose its influence over time and it does not relate to social unrest and natural catastrophe.
しかし末法思想はあくまでも仏法の衰退、つまり仏の教えが時代を経て次第に通用しなくなる事のみを指しており、そこに世情不安や天変地異は含まれない。