Deeply touched by 'Senchaku-hongan-nenbutsu-shu' (the holy writings of the Jodo Sect) written by Honen of the Jodo Sect, he devoted himself to the doctrine of the Jodo Sect.
浄土宗の法然が著した「選択本願念仏集」を読んで感激し、浄土教に傾いた。