Opposing to that in the latter 14 chapters of Hokekyo, especially in Nyorai Juryo Hon, it is preached that Shaka didn't earn enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, but really, he was Kuon Jitsujo, or a Buddha who already earned enlightenment a very long time ago, in eternal past.
これに対し、法華経後半部14品、特に如来寿量品で、釈迦仏は菩提樹下で悟ったのではなく、実は久遠の大昔に悟りを得た久遠実成（くおんじつじょう）であったと説いた。