When Honen, the founder of Nihon Jodo Sect, became his disciple in 1150, he taught Honen Tendai doctrine as well as Jodo doctrine and granted Mahayana precepts.
1150年（久安6年）には日本浄土宗の祖法然が入門し、天台教学・浄土教学を指導し、大乗戒を授けている。