One major characteristic of such reforms was the shift away from the mission to protect the state spiritually, which was Buddhism's main goal up through the Heian period, and towards the salvation of the general public, and the Buddhist clergy began taking the first steps towards a burgeoning independence from the state.
大きな特徴は、平安時代までの鎮護国家から離れた大衆の救済への志向であり、国家から自立した活動が行われた。