Outwardly, kakushi nenbutsu belongs to another sect, such as Soto Zen Sect, and holds a funeral and other rituals at a temple, but after these rituals, there is a secret funeral for the believers only, they say.
表向きは曹洞宗など他の教団に属しており、葬式などは寺で行うが、その後に信者どうしが集まって内々でその教義の秘密のとむらいを行うという。