 Apart from Antai-ji, he has trained for one year at the Rinzai monastery Tōfuku-ji in Kyoto, and one year at Hosshin-ji in Obama, Fukui.After obtaining the transmission of dharma ("shihō") from his teacher Miyaura Rōshi, Muhō decided to live as a homeless monk in a park in central Osaka, where he led a "zazen" group in 2001.Six months later, in February 2002, he learned of the sudden death of his teacher and was called back to Antai-ji.