Ryonin, a founder of the Yuzu nenbutsu sect, which recites Yuzu Nenbustu (融通念仏), insisted on the invocation of the Buddha's name as a pioneer of the later Buddhism of Jodo-sect lineage, and regarded the Kegon-kyo and Hokke-kyo sutras as major sutras (正依) but considered the Three Sutras of the Pure Land, the Jodosanbu-kyo sutra, to be minor sutras (傍依).
融通念仏を唱え融通念仏宗の祖となる良忍は後の浄土系仏教の先駆として称名念仏を主張したが、華厳経と法華経を正依とし、浄土三部経を傍依とした。