Japan's Tendai Sect (Sanmon school and Jimon school) and various schools of Hokke sect, such as Nichiren Sect or Nichiren Shoshu school, regard the theory as their doctrine and the three sutras as the basis.
日本の天台宗（山門派・寺門派）や、日蓮宗・日蓮正宗等の法華宗各派は、この説を教義として三経を所依の経典としている。