It is also said that he found the ability of young Honen and realized that he could not teach any more then he sent Honen to Koen, as known as Kotokuin Ajari.
若き法然の才覚を見抜き、自分ではこれ以上教えることがないとして、功徳院阿闍梨こと皇円の許に送ったとされる。