Shakyamuni Buddha himself stated that his own Buddhism is limited, and that it had no power to save people in the age of the end of the Law. Accordingly, Shakyamuni Buddha's Buddhism is like last year's calendar, and serves absolutely no purpose in the present age of the end of the Law. To be attached to Shakyamuni Buddha's Buddhism today actually runs counter to the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. In the same manner, the precepts of Shakyamuni Buddha's Buddhism have no efficacy, and only their form remains. It is clearly pointed out in the sutras that one cannot attain Buddhahood through those precepts.
Many people embrace the precepts, and there are many people of virtue.
The thousand years following the thousand years of the correct Law is the age of the image Law. Many people embrace the precepts, but few are virtuous. The ten thousand years following the thousand years of the image Law is the age of the end of the Law. The precepts are neither embraced nor broken. Only people with no precepts fill the country.