Currently, the role of Dai Ajari, who holds ascetic training (the more specific name is Homuhoin Dai Ajari (法務法印大阿闍梨), commonly known as Daia (大阿)) is alternated by the chief abbots of each sect belonging to the grand head temple's association of Shingon sect schools every year, and after serving as Dai Ajari he is installed as the chief abbot of the Shingon sect.
現在、修法を行う大阿闍梨（詳名・法務法印大阿闍梨、通称・大阿）は真言宗各派総大本山会所属の各宗派の管長・山主が毎年交代して務めているが、その年の大阿闍梨を務めた後に、真言宗長者に就任する。