In 1193, though, Jokei, disgusted at the depravity of the monks, retired from the (official) monk circle to the Kasagi-dera Temple to which he had professed his worship of Miroku (Buddha of the Future, Bodhisattva of the Present).
しかし、僧の堕落を嫌って1193年（建久4年）かねてからの弥勒信仰を媒介として信仰を寄せていた笠置寺に隠遁した。