However, because of the ruined morals such as with male priests forcing lay female believers to have sexual intercourse as the best means of devoting their bodies, which they practiced despite the broken precepts, some Buddhists left the late-stage Mikkyo and returned to Theravada Buddhism, which valued the religious precepts.
しかし男性僧侶が在家女性信者に我が身を捧げる無上の供養として性交を強制し、破戒にもかかわらず男性僧侶が在家女性信者に性交を実践するなど性道徳が荒廃したため、仏教徒の間には後期密教を離れて戒律を重視する部派仏教（上座部仏教）への回帰もみられた。