"The image I mentioned earlier which came from Paekche is that of Shakyamuni Buddha. Nevertheless, [priests of the other sects] have deceived the Japanese people by calling it Amida Buddha. In other words, they have replaced Shakyamuni with another Buddha. There is a difference betweent the Taoists and Moriya on the one hand and our contemporary priests on the other in that the former preferred gods to a Buddha while the latter have replaced one Buddha with another. However, they are alike in that they all abandoned Shakyamuni Buddha." (The Supreme Leader of the World MW Vol 3, page 237)
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