Under Shoku's disciple, Jo-on, Zenrin-ji Temple went from being devoted to the Shingon Sect to the Seizan branch (Kosaka group) of the Pure Land Sect and became a firm Nembutsu meditation center.
證空の門弟の浄音の時代に、禅林寺は真言宗から浄土宗西山派（小坂流）の寺院となり、揺るぎのない念仏道場とされた。