Editing Happy Science (section)

==History==
On 15 July 1986, Ryuho Okawa resigned from his position at {{ill|TOMEN Corporation|ja|トーメン}} (now [[Toyota Tsusho]]) to found his own organization on October 6, which he dubbed Happy Science;<ref>{{Harvnb|Astley|1995|p=347}}</ref> the Japanese government did not certify it as a religious organization until 7 March 1991. According to Ryuho Okawa, its aim is "to bring happiness to humanity by spreading truth". Before its foundation, Ryuho Okawa had published various books of "spiritual messages" that claim to channel the words spoken by religious and historical figures such as [[Jesus Christ]], [[Confucius]] and [[Nichiren]]. In 1987, he printed ''The Laws of the Sun'', ''The Golden Laws'', and ''The Laws of Eternity'', forming the core textbooks of Happy Science, along with its fundamental [[sutra]] ''The Dharma of the Right Mind''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shimazono|first=Susumu|title=From Salvation to Spirituality: Popular Religious Movements in Modern Japan|date=2004|publisher=Trans Pacific|location=Melbourne, Vic.|isbn=1876843128|page=267|edition=English}}</ref>