For this reason, Daitoku-ji Temple withdrew from the government patronage, control and increasing secularization of the Gozan-Jissetsu and pursued its own path by engaging in ascetic practices through Zen meditation.
このため大徳寺は、政府の庇護と統制下にあり世俗化しつつあった五山十刹から離脱し、座禅修行に専心する独自の道をとった。