In 1071, after the rice fields and vegetable fields belonging to Zenjo-ji Temple were donated to Byodoin Temple, Zenjo-ji Temple became a branch temple of Byodoin Temple (until then, Zenjo-ji Temple was a branch temple of Shoboin Temple in Todai-ji Temple that was erected by Heisu).
この禅定寺領は延久元年（1071年）、平等院に寄進され、禅定寺は平等院の末寺となった（それ以前は東大寺に平崇が建てた正法院の末であった）。