Also, Gyonen learned Kegon (the thought that virtues are correctly provided due to training and performing acts of charity) from Sosho, Ritsu (vinaya) from Shogen, Shingon Esoteric Buddhism from Shoshu and Shinku (in the Kamakura period), and the doctrine of Jodo Buddhism from Chosai, all of which made him an erudite priest.
また華厳を宗性に、律を証玄に、真言密教を聖守・真空(鎌倉時代)に、浄土教学を長西に学ぶなど博学であった。