He became a distinguished priest of the Tendai sect of Buddhism, and after his pilgrimages to many lands, he is said to have prayed for the repose of his mother's soul or taken revenge for the death of his mother.
出家して天台宗の名僧となり全国行脚を修した後に母の菩提を弔ったとも、母親の敵を討ったともいう。