Influenced by Zendo's "Kanmuryoju-kyosho (Kangyosho)" (Commentary on the Meditation Sutra) at the age of 43 in 1175, he began to pursue senju-nenbutsu (Exclusive Nenbutsu), and he left Mt. Hiei-zan to live in Higashiyama Yoshimizu and began to spread the teaching of Nenbutsu.
承安(日本)5年（1175年）43歳の時、善導の『観無量寿経疏』（観経疏）によって専修念仏に進み、比叡山を下りて東山吉水に住み、念仏の教えを弘めた。