Happy Science
Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Happy Science is cataloged as a New religious movement within Modern Spiritual Movements. Its candidate country context is “Japan” and its period or origin is “1986–present.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Japanese new religions; neo-Buddhist and channeling currents.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Happy Science; Kōfuku-no-Kagaku; Institute for Research in Human Happiness
- Parent tradition
- Japanese new religions; neo-Buddhist and channeling currents
- Public geographic context
- Japan
- Period / origin
- 1986–present
- Living / historical status
- Active after founder Ryūhō Ōkawa's 2023 death
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateJapan
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Happy Science. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0718. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0718
Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA