Doken had continued activities such as meditation meetings and sermon visits based at the Seisho-ji Temple, but from the beginning of the Taisho period, he put an emphasis on the promotion of lay Buddhism by publishing monthly magazines or holding lecture meetings without regard to the Soto sect's dharma.
道見は青松寺を拠点として参禅会や訪問法話会などの教化活動を続けていたが、大正期に入ってからは曹洞宗の教義にこだわらず、月刊誌などの出版物、講演会を通した在家仏教の振興に力を注いだ。