Because they keep on chanting 'Namu Amidabutsu,' they are often considered as part of the Senju Nenbutsu group, but in reality, other thinking such as Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts) and Esoteric Buddhism were incorporated and some monto believed in local beliefs such as jujutsu (an occult art) and incantations, so it cannot be considered as Senshu (Single-Minded).
まさにひたすら「南無阿弥陀仏」と唱え続けるその姿から、専修念仏の一派に括られがちであるが、実際は修験道や密教などの思想も複雑に混合し、呪術・祈祷などの民間信仰を行う信徒もいたため、必ずしも専修とは言えなかった。