 Hōnen’s methodical logic led to positions easily vilified by scholar-monks of the traditional schools. One example is his enumeration of “the awakening of aspiration for enlightenment” (hotsu bodaishin) among the traditional “practices” to be set aside by nembutsu practitioners. As explained in section 2.2 above, this “bodhi-mind”—the profound aspiration for enlightenment for oneself and all beings—had traditionally been considered the crucial starting point for the Mahayana bodhisattva, and other Japanese Pure Land masters such as Genshin had affirmed it to be the core of genuine desire for the Pure Land. Although Hōnen’s position is somewhat ambiguous, in Senchakushū his steadfast logic leads understandably to a rejection of the notion that any attitude or attainment beyond trust and utterance is necessary for the person of nembutsu.