Nichiren also asserted that Shingon Buddhism worshiped the Great Sun Buddha, a fictional Buddha of doubtful origin unrelated to the Buddhist teaching, thereby denigrating Buddha and the Lotus Sutra, which provided the true source of enlightenment.
したがって本来の主人である釈迦や法華経を卑下し、生国不明の架空の仏で無縁の主である大日如来を立てる。