These great achievements were recognized and in 1678, he received the Hoin (the highest rank in the hierarchy of the Buddhist priesthood) position for the concurrent study of the three sects, the Tendai Sect, the Shingon Sect, and the Zen Sect, at the Choraku-ji Temple (Ota City) in the Joshu region.
こうした功績が認められ、延宝6年（1678年）、了翁には天台宗、真言宗、禅宗の兼学の法印が、上州の長楽寺(太田市)において授けられている。