Eshinsozu Genshin, who laid the foundations of the Jodo teachings when he wrote his Ojoyoshu, and Ryonin, the founder of the Yuzu Nenbutsu sect, also came from Enyraku-ji Temple.
また、『往生要集』を著し、浄土教の基礎を築いた恵心僧都源信や融通念仏宗の開祖・良忍も現れた。