At the age of Mappo, people shall be rescued not by Shakyamuni Buddha, but by Nichiren, Konpon-butsu (Primordial Buddha) existing in an infinite time frame which began from infinitely remote past.
末法の世では釈尊の代わりに、無始無終の久遠元初の根本仏である日蓮の教えによって救われる。