sentences:  Some monks such as Dōgen and Hsu Yun had alternative views regarding dharma decline.Dōgen believed that there is no Mò Fǎ while Hsu Yun thought Mò Fǎ is not inevitable.Some Chinese folk religions taught that the three ages were the teaching period of Dīpankara Buddha, Gautama Buddha, and the current era of Maitreya.