When Honen was 63, he exerted himself as the officiating monk at the ceremony celebrating the rebuilding of the Great Buddha Hall in Todai-ji Temple in Nara City, and afterwards, on his way home, upon being invited by Ninku, he accepted, taking up lodging with Ninku and giving Buddhist lectures and sermons there.
法然63歳の時、奈良市東大寺の大仏殿、再建落慶供養の導師を努めた後、帰途、忍空に請われるままに、宿泊し説法をした。