In October 1499, 保誉, the priest of Chion-in Temple had a spiritual dream in which he received a poem from Honen saying 'Although the temple at the foot of Mt. Kagu is narrow, extend it by preaching highly-principled sermons.'
明応8年（1499年）10月、知恩院の保誉は霊夢で「香久山や麓の寺はせまけれど高きみのりを説きて弘めむ」との歌を法然から授かった。