Shinran interpreted that Tariki Hongan was the power of the Original Vow made by Amida Buddha, and that the power worked not only for the people's Birth in the Pure Land, but also kept working for the present moment in the people's real lives as well.
親鸞は、他力本願とは阿弥陀仏の本願の働きであり、その働きは浄土への往生のためだけでなく、今この時にも働き続けていると解釈した。