Eison implemented Jukai (handing down the precepts), a procedure which was limited to what had been defined by the state, by himself with Kakujo in the Risshu sect because he criticized the degraded existing Buddhism (vow by oneself and Jukai).
叡尊は荒廃した既存仏教に対する批判から律宗の覚盛とともにこれまで国家が定めた手続きによる方法しか認められていなかった授戒を自らの手で行った（自誓授戒）。