일본 법화계(法華系) 신종교의 한국 전파와 교의(敎義) -국내 본문불립종ㆍ영우회ㆍ입정교성회의 포교활동과 교의-

Abstract

This research looked into the propagation and doctrine of Honmon Butsuryushu(本門佛立宗), Reiyukai(靈友會), Rissho Kosei-kai(立正佼成會) among the Japanese new religions for the Lotus-Sutra group in Korea. Though their total number is slight in comparison with the Korea Soka Gakkai International(韓國SGI) now in Korea, they deserve to be researched because of the long history of propagation and the several characteristics of Japanese new religions. The propagation history of the Honmon Butsuryushu is 100 years old, and the Reiyuka, Rissho Kosei-kai have tried to plant their roots in Korea since they arrived in Korea. Honmon Butsuryushu came into Korea in 1910, and its Haksongsa(鶴松寺) took the lead in the propagation since then. Now Haksongsa and Shinchungsa(新淸寺) is keeping Korean Honmon Butsuryushu in existence. In the Honmon Butsuryushu, koymu(敎務) or priest has run temples and led their members, and the earthly profit have been emphasized. Starting the propagation in Jaeju province, 1960s, Reiyukai expanded propagating area in Seoul and Kyoungki province, but only ‘Reiyukai inner trip center’ in Pusan keeps maintaining Korean Reiyukai’s existence now. Founding its liaison office in Seoul, 1979, Rissho Kosei-kai started missionary work in Seoul, and a Buddhist seminary in Hannamdohg of Seoul has been the lead in the propagation with managing its Busan branch. Reiyukai and Rissho Kosei-kai in Korea, which has pointed to Buddhism with focus on general believers, has put emphasis on practicing Buddha’s teaching in their daily lives and regarded their taking care of ancestors very highly. Because now they come to inferior circumstances inside and out, they don’t hold a bright future in developing their religious order. At this point, they have to lay out concrete and innovative plans in order to realize the ideal world of Lotus Sutra which they have been pursing.