If the assertion of the Nichiren Shoshu sect is true, it means that out of six old monks who were the disciples of the founder, five old monks who became anti Nikko were persons who had defamed the law (dharma); the question remains as to why the founder could not have predicted their behavior and acknowledged them as disciples.
日蓮正宗の主張が真実なら、宗祖の本弟子六老僧の中で後に反・日興となった五老僧は全て謗法化した人物ということになるが、なぜ宗祖は、彼ら五人の謗法化を予見することもできずに本弟子として認めたのか。