| This Buddhism is called 'Esoteric Buddhism', and it is differentiated from exoteric Buddhism because it places its viewpoint behind the part that appears on the surface of history (exoteric Buddhism). |
それ以前の、歴史としておもてに表れた部分（顕教）の背後に視座を置くことからこの仏教を顕教から区別して「密教」という。 |