In addition, he divided Buddhism into Gateway of the Pure Land that practices senju-nenbutsu and Gateway of the Holy Path that uses other practices, and he prescribed the Gateway of the Pure Land as the gateway by which one engages in senju-nenbutsu with a wish to escape the humanly world and to be born in the Pure Land, and the Gateway of the Holy Path as the gateway by which one aims for enlightenment by training in this world.
加えて、仏教を専修念仏を行う浄土門とそれ以外の行を行う聖道門に分け、浄土門を娑婆世界を厭い極楽往生を願って専修念仏を行う門、聖道門を現世で修行を行い悟りを目指す門と規定している。