He stipulated that Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Tathagata), the head of religious sect in the Western Paradise, was a deity of a separate virtue who derives from the deity of general virtues Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairocana) who was the head of Shingon sect.
即ち、西方極楽教主阿弥陀如来とは、真言教主大日如来という普門総徳の尊から派生した別徳の尊であるとした。