At twenty-nine, he entered the Buddhist priesthood under KANGEN Koju at Manpuku-ji Temple on Mt. Obaku of Fuqing (Fujian Province, China), which was an old temple at his birth place and once a residence of OBAKU Kiun (or Huangbo Xiyun in Chinese) (黄檗希運).
29歳で、生地である福清の古刹で、黄檗希運も住した黄檗山萬福寺(中国福建省)の鑑源興寿の下で得度した。