Before long, this kind of nenbutsu was to consider Shakyamuni as a master, and by turning their entrance to nirvana (death) as an occasion, one image was spread, and nenbutsu for the Buddha through religious principles began to be preached.
やがて、このような念仏が師としての釈迦の入滅を機として、一つの展開をとげて、法を介しての仏への念仏が説かれるようになる。