At the same time, it was also a way to criticize and satirize the decline Buddhism, and the growth of an authoritarian strain, and to raise an alarm at the wearing down and ossification of Buddhism.
と同時に、こうした行動を通して、仏教の権威や形骸化を批判・風刺し、仏教の伝統化や風化に警鐘を鳴らすものでもあった。