Bencho built the Zendo-ji Temple in Yamamoto in Chikugo Province as a main Dojo for training nenbutsu (Buddhist invocation) in the Kyushu region, and opened the Ojoin Temple in Shirakawa in Higo Province (Kumamoto City) to found the Chinzei School which would form a mainstream of the Jodo Sect.
筑後国山本に善導寺を建立して九州における念仏の根本道場とし、肥後国白川に往生院(熊本市)を開き浄土宗の主流である鎮西派を開いた。