He taught tapas (ascetic practices), begging for food, eating only one meal daily, worshiping all living things as Buddhas based on the doctrine of the Buddha-nature, building public charity "treasure houses" (無盡藏院) for monastics and laypeople alike, and sky burial upon death.
[1] Based in Hua Du monastery (化度寺) in Chang'an, the movement was very popular in 600-700 CE.
[3] Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered the destruction of the Wujinzangyuan, the Sanjieyuan and the school's texts, sparing only the treasure houses.
Bhikkhuni Zongjing (總靜) in the Zhixin monastery(直心寺) was a known practitioner who died in 831.
Some texts, such as part of the three stages teachings (三階教法) were preserved in Japanese monasteries.