It is considered that the teachings of Ikko Shunsho were the same as those of Ippen in that both performed Odorinenbutsu, but different in that Ikko Shunsho did not put any particular religious meaning in the Buddhist invocation in his Odorinenbutsu.
また、一遍と違い一向の教えは踊り念仏を行うとはいえ、念仏そのものに特別な宗教的意義を見出す事は少なかったとされている。