Moreover, spiritual tenets shifted away from the Nenbutsu Zanmai (deep prayer to Amida Buddha) passed down to Mt. Hiei by the monk Ennin and towards the monk Genshin's Tendai and Jodo (Pure Land) teachings as well as Ryonin's Yuzu Nenbutsu (Adaptable Prayer to Amida) sect, leading to the ascendancy of Pure Land teachings.
その一方で、円仁が比叡山に伝えた念仏三昧法から源信(僧侶)の天台浄土教、良忍の融通念仏宗など浄土教の興隆があった。