Click here to go to the YouTube video In 804, the 16th Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty was dispatched. Among them were two geniuses who would shape the future of Buddhism in Japan. They were Saicho and Kukai. Saicho was born in Omi Province (present-day Shiga Prefecture). After training in the rugged mountains of Tang China, Saicho returned to Japan. He entered the Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei, and he founded the Tendai sect of Buddhism. Kukai was born in Sanuki Province (present-day Kagawa Prefecture). He studied the latest Buddhism in Chang’an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. After returning to Japan, he built the Kongobu-ji Temple on Koyasan…