In the autobiography, he covered from his birth, his entering into priesthood in Daigo-ji Temple, ascetic practices in the Shingon Esoteric Buddhism to corruption of the entire world of Buddhism in Japan at the time, execution of the JIsei Jukai (self-administered precepts) at Todai-ji Temple with Kakujo and others, the encounter with Ninsho and others who became his disciples later, the movement for restoring the Saidai-ji Temple (Nara City), restoring the religious precepts, the campaign for helping Hinin (a group comprising the lowest rank in the pre-modern Japan), patients of the Hansen's disease, and so forth.
出生から醍醐寺における出家と真言密教の修行、仏教界全体の堕落から、覚盛らとともに東大寺で自誓授戒を行ったこと、忍性ら弟子との出会いや西大寺_(奈良市)を再興して戒律復興運動や非人・ハンセン病患者救済活動などを行った経緯等を記している。