Additionally, he protected Honen who advocated Senshu Nenbutsu (single-mindedly chanting Namu-amida-butsu, which means devoting oneself to Amida Buddha) and his disciple Shinran, who were regarded as heretics at that time.
また、当時異端視されていた専修念仏の法然や弟子の親鸞を庇護してもいる。