Later, she set up Saichiin (medical facility for monks and nuns) in Daikaku-ji Temple by rebuilding the old palace of Retired Emperor Saga, her father, and made Junnain into a dojo, and devoted her energy to save people who took refuge in Buddhism.
その後は父・嵯峨上皇の旧宮嵯峨院を大覚寺に改めて済治院（僧尼のための医療施設）を置き、また淳和院を道場にするなど、仏教に篤く帰依して救民に力を尽くした。