When Hoko-ji Temple (SOGA no Zentoku was the chief priest and it is now known as Asuka-dera Temple Ango-in) was built in 596, Eso lived there with Eji who came from Goguryeo and was addressed as one of the leaders of Three Treasures of Buddhism.
推古天皇4年（596年）に法興寺（蘇我善德が寺司、現在の飛鳥寺安居院）が完成すると、高句麗から渡来した恵慈と住し、ともに三宝の棟梁と称された。