In addition, as the court noble society was accustomed to teachings that eyed achieving earthly desires, such as Esoteric Buddhism, there was no background to accept Nonin's Zen teaching which aims to attain enlightenment through ascetic training and his propagation activities constantly faced difficulty.
また、密教などの現世利益的な修法になじんだ公家社会においては修行悟達を目的とする禅の宗風を受け入れる素地に乏しく、布教は常に困難に直面していた。