After that, he lived in Toto (eastern section) Nishidani of Enryaku-ji Temple and taught Tendai doctrine; Honen, the founder of the Nihon Jodo sect (Japanese Pure Land sect), studied there, too.
その後延暦寺東塔西谷の功徳院に住して、天台教学を講義し、日本浄土宗の祖法然もその教えを受けた。