Within the Shingon sect (Tomitsu (eastern esotericism)) especially, it is regarded as the Konpon kyoten (the most important sutra), with the two sutras of Esoteric Buddhism, "Dainichi-kyo" and 'Dainichi-kyo' (Mahavairocana Sutra) together being called 'Ryobu no Taikyo.'
真言宗（東密）では特に根本経典（最も重要な経典）とされ、「金剛頂経」と『大日経』の2つの密教経典を「両部の大経」という。