Further in the present day, the sects that sees Nichiren as the principle Buddha of Mappo (Age of the Final Dharma), determine Chigi and Saicho as marked bosatsu (Bodhisatta) in Zobo Period (Age of the Semblance Dharma) following the general opinion, while they criticize Ennin and Enchin in later history as they made hobo (criticism against one's Buddhism) by introducing Shingon Esoteric Buddhism into Tendai.
なお、今日、日蓮を末法の本仏とする宗派では、台密の歴史は一般的な見解に従い、智顗と最澄を像法時の迹化の菩薩と定める反面、それ以降の円仁や円珍を、天台に真言密教を取り入れ謗法を犯したと批判している。