Editing Ryuho Okawa (section)

====Religious organization====
On 7 March 1991, Happy Science obtained legal status as a {{Nihongo|"religious juridical person"|宗教法人|shūkyō-hōjin}} through the Religious Corporations Law by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.<ref name=baffelli2007p86 /><ref name=leto2014p195 /><ref name=fukui2004p73>{{Harvnb|Fukui|2004|p=73}}</ref> As a result, its name was simplified to {{Nihongo|Kofuku-no-Kagaku|幸福の科学|Kōfuku-no-Kagaku}}.<ref name=fukui2004p69 />{{efn|An alternative name {{Nihongo|Shūkyō Hōjin Kofuku no Kagaku|宗教法人 幸福の科学|Shūkyō Hōjin Kōfuku no Kagaku}} ("Religious Corporation – Kofuku-no-Kagaku") was also used.<ref name=fukui2004p69 />}} The group's government recognition allowed it to gradually grow by taking on new members from the general Japanese public.<ref name=leto2014p195 /> In that year, Happy Science started large-scale festivities. One of these was Okawa's {{Nihongo|"Birthday Festival"|御生誕祭|Goseitan-sai}}, held on 15 July 1991, just after Okawa's 35th birthday. In the festival, Okawa was in front of an audience of 50,000 people, which included the mass media, in [[Tokyo Dome]]. He declared that he now had at least 1.5 million followers and that his real identity is "El Cantare", the Grand Spirit of the Terrestrial Spirit Group, also known as the "Buddha of [[Mahayana]]".<ref name=fukui2004p73 /> El Cantare was revealed to have several reincarnations prior to the Buddha and Okawa.<ref name=winter2013p429>{{Harvnb|Winter|2013|p=429}}</ref>

In May 1994, a doctrinal shift occurred.<ref name=fukui2004p108>{{Harvnb|Fukui|2004|p=108}}</ref> Old publications were revised to reflect the new concept of El Cantare. This included an updated version of the Trilogy of Salvation, which was called the {{Nihongo|"new"|新|shin}} series. Each book in the trilogy had its subtitle revised, which now refers explicitly to El Cantare's name rather than the ''shaka'' as with the original versions.<ref name=winter2013p429/> The revised version of ''The Laws of the Sun'' contains a different account of Okawa's early life compared to the original version. It is unclear which, if either of these contradictory accounts is the most truthful.<ref name=fukui2004p69/> The new edition also contains a list of El Cantare's claimed previous reincarnations.<ref name=winter2013p429/>

Since the founding of Happy Science, Okawa has reportedly published over 500 books,<ref name="jt20090804" /> most of which are transcripts of his video recorded lectures.<ref name="Saint-Guily">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/my-afternoon-with-a-failed-japanese-cult/|title=Happy Science Is the Laziest Cult Ever|last=Saint-Guily|first=Sylla|date=3 October 2012|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127162701/https://www.vice.com/read/my-afternoon-with-a-failed-japanese-cult |archive-date=27 November 2015}}</ref> There are 15 films based on his teachings: ''The Laws of the Sun'', ''The Laws of Eternity'', ''The Golden Laws'', ''The Terrifying Revelations of Nostradamus'', ''Hermes - Winds of Love'', ''[[The Rebirth of Buddha]]'', ''The Mystical Laws'', ''The Final Judgement'', ''[[The Laws of the Universe]]'', ''I'm Fine My Angel'', ''The World We Live In'', and ''Daybreak''.<ref name="profile"/>