On the other hand, Esoteric Buddhism holds Sanrinshin (the three wheel-embodiments) theory which asserts that Buddha has three figures of Jishorinjin (the embodiment of the wheel of own-nature), Shoborinjin (the embodiment of the wheel of the true Dhara) and Kyoryorinjin (the embodiment of the wheel of injunction) and according to this theory, 'Myoo' is considered as Kyoryorinjin, the incarnation of Nyorai, that forcibly guides people who cannot be educated by preaching only.
これに対し密教では、自性輪身・正法輪身・教令輪身の三輪身説を立てて、その中の「明王」は教令輪身で、如来の化身とされ、説法だけでは教化しがたい民衆を力づくで教化するとされる。