He lived in Daifukusen-ji Temple in Luoyang so as to have himself enlightened on Vinaya (Buddhist precepts) by Johin, and on Chan (Chinese Zen Buddhism) and Huayan Doctrine (teachings of Chinese Kegon Buddhism) by Fujaku, who was the 7th patriarch of a sect of the Northern school (Beizong) of Chan.
洛陽大福先寺に住して定賓（じょうひん）に戒律を、北宗系の禅で第7祖とされる普寂に禅と華厳教学を学んだ。