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Returning from a journey to China in [[806]], he brought with him ideas of [[Esoteric Buddhism]] (''Mikkyô'') which he had learned there; the sect Shingon, which he then founded, takes its name from the Chinese term ''zhenyan'', a translation of the Sanskrit word ''mantra''.

Returning from a journey to China in [[806]], he brought with him ideas of [[Esoteric Buddhism]] (''Mikkyô'') which he had learned there; the sect Shingon, which he then founded, takes its name from the Chinese term ''zhenyan'', a translation of the Sanskrit word ''mantra''.

Kûkai initially established his first Shingon center of worship at [[Mt Koya|Mt Kôya]], in what is today [[Wakayama prefecture]], a good distance from the religious competition and politics of the capital.  

Kûkai initially established his first Shingon center of worship at [[Mt. Koya|Mt. Kôya]], in what is today [[Wakayama prefecture]], a good distance from the religious competition and politics of the capital.  

Kûkai returned to the [[Heian-kyo|Heian]] capital, however, in [[823]], when he was made the abbot of [[To-ji|Tô-ji]]; he promptly converted the site into a Shingon temple and renamed it Kyôôgokoku-ji. Tô-ji remains the head temple of Japanese Shingon today.

Kûkai returned to the [[Heian-kyo|Heian]] capital, however, in [[823]], when he was made the abbot of [[To-ji|Tô-ji]]; he promptly converted the site into a Shingon temple and renamed it Kyôôgokoku-ji. Tô-ji remains the head temple of Japanese Shingon today.