When an ascetic has a sense of unity with a man of divinity in his meditation, he tends to be obsessed with the idea that he himself is great, and this swells his ego -- in other words, he falls into makyo -- and the above-mentioned teaching of Nichiren is said to have aimed to prevent his followers from falling into makyo.
これは、瞑想中に神格を持つものとの一体感を持った結果「自分はすごい人間だ」と思い込んでしまい、エゴが肥大してしまうのを防ぐ、すなわち魔境に入ってしまう状態を防ぐための教えだとされている。