In Tendai Buddhism, Dainichi Kinrin is worshipped as a deity of the same importance as Dainichi Nyorai of the transcendental world and that of the world of physical phenomenon, and as the protector deity of an esoteric ritual that binds these two worlds together.
大日金輪は、天台宗では蘇悉地法の本尊として金剛界・胎蔵界大日如来に並ぶ尊格とする。