Nichiren, however, added the connotation of Kaigon Kennon (Siddhartha is not only a real person who became Buddha but also a true Buddha who has been saving the public since the infinite time of Gohyaku-Jintengo) to Gohyaku-Jintengo, stating in his books such as "Book of the Realm of Siddhartha" that 'this Shaba (one of galaxies in the Sanzen Daisen Sekai, where our humans live) world has been the realm of Siddhartha Bodhisattva for past Gohyaku-Jintengo years.'
しかし日蓮は『釈迦御所領御書』などで、「過去五百塵点劫より、このかた、この娑婆世界は釈迦菩薩の御進退の国土なり」などと、五百塵点劫の言葉に開近顕遠の意味を持たせた。