These dharma lights were temporarily extinguished when Nobunaga burned the temple, but they were relighted with a flame from Risshaku-ji Temple in Yamagata Prefecture that had been lit from them, and they continue burning to this day.
この法灯は信長の焼き討ちで一時途絶えたが、山形県の立石寺に分灯されていたものを移して現在に伝わっている。