Later, the ritual of kanjo was adopted as a ritual of Buddhism and, especially in Esoteric Buddhism, it became an important ritual such as denpokanjo (consecration for the Transmission of the Dharma).
やがてその灌頂の儀式が仏教儀式に取り入れられ、特に密教の中では伝法灌頂など重要な儀式とされるようになった。