"Ojoyoshu" preached rules for seeing Amida Nyorai and specific methods for entering Jodo upon death, and was extremely easy to understand and practical and was considered the basis of nenbutsu thinking that was widely read by the ordinary public as well.
『往生要集』は、阿弥陀如来を観相する法と極楽浄土への往生の具体的な方法を論じた、念仏思想の基礎とも言える非常に実践的でわかりやすいでもので、広く庶民にも読まれた。