Beophwagye (Korean: 법화계; Korean: [pʌ̹.pʰwa̠.ɡ(j)e̞]) is a collective designition of new religious movements within Buddhism in South Korea that started in the 20th century. It refers to modern Buddhist religious organizations that treat the Lotus Sutra translated by Kumārajīva as the central sutra (Korean: 소의경전, 所依經典) with the option to accept two other related sutras or other sutras, particularly the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, a traditionally popular sutra among Korean Buddhists.
Beophwagye (Korean: 법화계; Korean: [pʌ̹.pʰwa̠.ɡ(j)e̞]) is a collective designition of new religious movements within Buddhism in South Korea that started in the 20th century. It refers to modern Buddhist religious organizations that treat the Lotus Sutra translated by Kumārajīva as the central sutra (Korean: 소의경전, 所依經典) with the option to accept two other related sutras or other sutras, particularly the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, a traditionally popular sutra among Korean Buddhists.
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