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	Kofuku no Kagaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Kagaku was founded in October of 1986 and there are currently over 10,000 Kagaku adherents.
		Kagaku considers itself an "advanced religion" based on Buddhist teachings taught by Kagaku founder Ryuho Okawa.
		In the past, the consciousness of El Cantare was incarnated as Shakyamuni Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) in India, and as Hermes in Greece.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Kofuku_no_Kagaku.htm (1052 words)

	Shinshukyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unfortunately, modern usage of the terms 'cult' or 'sect' is usually associated with negativity, so many people have a negative image of organizations labelled as cults or sects without knowing anything about them.
		Even though some new religions have been found to be dangerous (the best-known example is Aum Shinrikyo), there is no evidence of danger in most of the new religions.
		Kofuku no Kagaku, also known as The Institute for Research in Human Happiness
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shinshukyo (1540 words)

	General Essay on South East Asian Religions
		As explained in the SHINTO section, no clear division in real life can be made between 'Buddhism' and 'Shinto' in Japan.
		The people who attend Shinto shrines are largely the same people who attend Buddhist temples or take part in new religious movements.
		Hundreds of new religious movements in Japan flourished in the post-war period, of which these are just two particularly successful examples.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/easia/geness.html (1757 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Hermes: Winds of Love
		Kofuku no Kagaku is fundamentally Buddhist in its basics.
		In the context of Kofuku no Kagaku - which emphasizes the fundamentals of its beliefs over absolute adherance to any written theology - the concepts of "buddha" and "bodhisattva" seem to overlap somewhat, as it believes that a soul always comes to Earth for a pre-decided reason (which spreading wisdom definitely qualifies as).
		Actually, Kofuku no Kagaku's concept of Heaven seems more Christian than Buddhist - in many forms of Buddhism, "Nirvana" (which literally means "blowing out" or "extinction") is not so much a positive state - a gratification of some kind of desires, physical or spiritual - but is instead the end of all desires.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/printer.php?printer=1&review=1011 (6442 words)

	Japan Society, New York - Fellowship Programs
		Religious life is no longer viewed as a viable vocation for outsiders.
		Kofuku No Kagaku, or the Science of Happiness, blends Buddhist ideas with New Age notions, science fiction, and apocalyptic imagery.
		"No matter how bad the fate or destiny you were born with, you can change it," he said.
	www.japansociety.org /education/fellowship_essay.cfm?id_fellowship=666018121 (4684 words)

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		Since numerous tests have shown beyond reasonable doubt that there is no empirical correlation between astrological signs and character traits, any critique from within the astrological community itself against such divergent views is necessarily directed against deviations from an established tradition.
		It should therefore come as no surprise that some of the most successful attempts to define what this new spirituality is supposed to achieve present the results of spiritual advancement as personal success in a variety of areas.
		No religion is based on logic and adherence to what is empirically verifiable; two basic elements of any faith are the willing suspension of disbelief and sheer habit.
	www.epwijnants-lectures.com /emergingrel.html (5510 words)

	JPRI Occasional Paper No. 2
		Cellular phones no longer face the regulatory barriers that other communications equipment must contend with, so the demand was high from all groups, both private and governmental.
		No one had pilfered the coin hoppers of the dozens of Coke machines that we saw that had cracked open after toppling in the quake.
		Little or no attention has been paid in the American or Japanese mass media to the casualties of the Korean population in the Kobe area, their plight in the aftermath of the quake, and their despair.
	www.jpri.org /publications/occasionalpapers/op2.html (4746 words)

	2000 Annual US Report for International Religious Freedom: France (criticized here)
		There was no change in the general status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report.
		The outcome of these cases varies, and no national decision has yet been taken to rule definitively on whether or not the wearing of headscarves should be allowed.
		There were no reports of the forced religious conversion of minor U.S. citizens who had been abducted or illegally removed from the United States, or of the Government's refusal to allow such citizens to be returned to the United States.
	www.antisectes.net /us-report-fr2000-eng.htm (5719 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> true teachings of the Buddha
		That's really kind of funny as there would seem to be no reason whatever for him to find his own tradition to be in any way an exception from the very point of his own comments.
		No, Ryuho Okawa head of the Kofuku no Kagaku.
		Always a little cautious when someone is so free with the term 'true', but the facts are, there must have been an 'original teaching', and one that Goutama Buddha was fervent enough about, to find worthy enough to teach others, and specific enough about, to be cirtical of other teachers.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=13333 (1915 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is one of the fringe elements that make up this swirling mass of esoteric creeds that have been latched onto by a population that often can no longer take faith in the extant religious establishments.
		Some of the more prominent among the NRMs that utilize the Quatrains are Baha'i Under the Provisions, an erratic offshoot of the traditional Baha'i Faith, the Aum Shinrikyo and one of their rival groups, the Kofuku-no Kakagu (or Institute of Research into Human Happiness).
		No only is the leader of the group, Ryoho Okawa, influenced by Nostradamus, but he claims to have direct communication with his sprit, along with the hundreds of others he asserts speak to him from copious other 'dimensions'.
	www.courses.rochester.edu /muller-ortega/rel160/navigation/quatrains/is.html (2524 words)

	Japan2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		However, there is no law even today to prohibit the use of biological weapons.
		At the time of the spread of anthrax by Aum members, prosecutors were unable to investigate the case because of the absence of an antibioterrorist law.
		Under the circumstances, no time should be wasted in readying ourselves to face up to the challenges of bioterrorism and chemical weapons.
	www.hrwf.net /html/japan2001.html (5611 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum > true teachings of the Buddha
		Apr 7 2005, 10:23 PM Always a little cautious when someone is so free with the term 'true', but the facts are, there must have been an 'original teaching', and one that Goutama Buddha was fervent enough about, to find worthy enough to teach others, and specific enough about, to be cirtical of other teachers.
		Even monks are said to have no better of a chance of attaining the Pure Land than a common criminal if each were to perform the Nembutsu in the same way(with the leader Shinran actually saying that criminals have a better chance).
		As I said earlier, one of the important stages of meditation is when you discover within the mind a knowing core that does not die at the death of the body.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/lofiversion/index.php/t13333.html (5131 words)

	Japan Religion
		Streets would be decorated on Tanabata, Obon, Halloween and Christmas with each appropriate styles and no one would protest to this religious orgy.
		A popular praying when in trouble is to say "Kami-sama, Hotoke-sama, douka otasuke kudasai." ('Gods and Buddha, please help me.') which is very odd indeed since this would mean the prayer believes both Shinto and Buddhism, maybe even Chiristian too.
		Because the Constitution requires separation of religion and state the religion's connection with politics is often criticized.
	www.shododesigns.com /japaninformation/japanreligion.htm (825 words)

	KisalaandMullins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Taxes were no longer to be based on crops but on the assessed value of the land, which meant that a poor harvest could force them to sell their land and become tenant farmers or move to the cities as laborers.
		No doubt the impact of this incident was further heightened by the fact that the nation was still reeling from the shock of the disastrous Kobe-Osaka earthquake that occurred just two months earlier on 17 January 1995.
		The difficult task ahead is to find a way to preserve the free practice of religion in modern societies, while at the same time keeping dangerous materials and technology out of the hands of those who would use it to bring on Armageddon and establish their particular version of the millennium.
	cla.calpoly.edu:16080 /~bmori/syll/Hum310japan/KisalaandMullins.html (5946 words)

	What in God's name is going on? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Ma's relatively small library is by no means indicative of the total number of NRMs operating here.
		Established in conjunction with the Council of Christian Churches, the group, he says, no longer meets because "cults are not very active in Hong Kong these days", or at least are keeping a low profile.
		Take the Hong Kong Church of Christ, which was established in 1988 as a branch of the US-based International Churches of Christ (no relation to the United Church of Christ or independent Churches of Christ).
	www.rickross.com /reference/cs/cs33.html?FACTNet (1999 words)

	Letters to the Editor - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The overwhelming disapproval of this action by the entire neighborhood, and our legal appeal to not allow such an adventure here, was to no avail and readily defeated by the department.
		The fragile infrastructure of Pacific Heights — a narrow, winding road, not suitable for delivery trucks, no sidewalks, etc. — is apparently insignificant to the department.
		I would like to remind Gov. Cayetano that it was his drastic budget cuts to the university, in direct violation of his campaign promises, that put us dead last nationally in state contributions to higher education and that resulted in hiring freezes throughout the years of his administration.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Dec/01/op/FP512010328.html (1563 words)

	Vortrag 26. August 2000
		She then focussed on the answers members of the Shinnyoen, the GLA and the Kôfuku no Kagaku gave to questions concerning social and personal issues they considered problematic.
		The Kôfuku no Kagaku’s main site is that of its publisher IRHpress (irhpress.co.jp [4.8.2000]); besides, it runs a tiny site announcing the release of Ôkawa’s main book as a film this October (taiyonoho.com [10.8.2000]).
		In the case of the Kôfuku no Kagaku, having read Ôkawa’s books is the central reason why people join, thus it is not surprising that the Kôfuku no Kagaku’s main interest in the Internet is the introduction and sale of these books.
	www.uni-tuebingen.de /cyberreligion/dfg/public/staemmler2000.htm (3824 words)

	Supreme and ugly truths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The author concludes that Takahashi had no intention of becoming "a guru" at the outset; then, he was just a rather competent businessman.
		Life Space was one of many concerns that entered the seminar business in the 1980s, and Takahashi lured clients from his competitors by charging less, until seminars were hard hit by Japan's economic stagnation in the early 1990s.
		Yonemoto writes: "Takahashi often told his staff members: `I have no hankering to be called a guru.' I would not say that was a lie.
	www.rickross.com /reference/jpsects/jpsects31.html (896 words)

	Cults in France
		The origin of this conception is to be sought in article 10 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the citizen who lays out that "no one should be bothered for his opinions, even religious, provided that their demonstration does not disturb the law and order instituted by the law ".
		To my knowledge, there is no separate word for "cult."] appeared around the 13th - 14th centuries and that it can be connected to two Latin roots: one connecting it to the verb to follow, the other with the verb to cross.
		Kofuku no kagaku (institut pour la recherche du bonheur de l'homme) [Institute for Research of Happiness of Man]
	www.members.tripod.com /cic_ops/cults.htm (13454 words)

	AnimeNation Anime Forums - About John's article on "Underground Anime"
		In addition, The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (or Kofuku no Kagaku) did produce neither GL nor H indeed, but Aum produced anime on their own.
		According to the Honolulu Star Bulletin the Golden Laws anime movie was based on Kofuku no Kagaku creator Ryuho Okawa's books.
		And according to Anime on DVD the Hermes movie was funded by, and is owned by the Kofuku no Kagaku.
	www.animenation.net /forums/printthread.php?t=154201 (607 words)

	minipresent
		Assignment: Kofuku no Kagaku is one of the vibrant "new" Japanese religions that grew dramatically on Japanese soil in the post war period.
		Here is the role-play: A group of Kofuku no Kagaku members have come to SLU to start a new group here.
		Your job is to explain your new religion and convince the rest if the students in the class that they need to join Kofuku no Kagaku.
	it.stlawu.edu /~mmac/minipresent.html (896 words)

	News about cults, sects, and alternative religions - Religion News Report - May 9, 2000 (Vol. 4, Issue 200)
		that the decision is '' no concern of heaven.
		no Hana Sanpogyo was apparently a committee effort, according to sources
		The LDS Church has no problem with the Methodists' position on baptism.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /news/an200509.html (6497 words)

	AnimeNation News
		The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming "Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo" anime television series is now online.
		According to Anime News Service, Fumiyo Kouno's award winning 2005 manga "Yunagi No Machi Sakura No Kuni" (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms), a story about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, will be adapted into a live action motion picture that will hit Japanese theaters next summer.
		Do you think that I have "matured" and no longer care about "children's nonsense?" Could it be that I've lost some of my imagination and hence can no longer find anime or manga interesting?
	animenation.net /news (1062 words)

	Anime Jump :: We put the 'dumb' in anime fandom! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The cult bought some awfully pretty animation for this, but the character designs are weak and tepid, the story makes no damn sense.
		The other thing that amazes me is that the cast features real seiyuu; Miki Itoh collects a paycheck as Aphrodite, and you can almost hear the hollow, telephone-sounding ring to Takehito Koyasu as he phones in yet another performance.
		I swear to god, he's turning into the Donald Pleasance of anime, a fine actor who seems to have no discretion when it comes to what he's willing to appear in.
	www.animejump.com /index.php?module=ProdReviews&func=showcontent&id=716 (1258 words)

	Kofuku-no-kagaku :: Prayer for a solution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A Honolulu church believes it's found the perfect site for a meditation center, a wooded mountaintop retreat with an ocean view.
		But there's no peace and quiet to be found in the reception from the neighbors.
		More than 70 Pacific Heights residents turned out at the Tuesday Nuuanu/Punchbowl Neighborhood Board meeting to protest the planned $8 million center at the top of the hillside neighborhood.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /12451 (925 words)

	Anime News Network - Religious Anime Showing in LA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It was an idealogical movie based on the best selling book by Ryuho Okawa, founder and spiritual leader of the Institute for Research in Human Happiness (IRH).
		This isn't the first time a religious group's anime has had box office success, Kofuku no Kagaku (The Science of Happiness) made two anime films in '97 and '00, each of which performed relatively well at the Japanese box office.
		Trailers for The Golden Laws can be seen at at the film's Toei website (the animation was done by Toei) here.
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /article.php?id=4414 (268 words)

	Graduate Student Seminar Series
		Matthew McMullen investigates the new religion Kofuku no Kagaku (Institute for Research in Human Happiness) and its search to revitalize the role of religion in contemporary society where modernization has drastically marginalized concepts of other-worldly entities such as spirits.
		Jolyon Thomas addresses Japanese popular culture and religion through comparing Tezuka Osamu's manga hagiography, Buddha, with "official" historical biographies, suggesting that both seek to reinvest the figure of the Buddha with their divergent concepts of his original character.
		This panel examines how the contestation and negotiation over Okinawan identity in education reform, cultural policies, and media representations during the past century have been, in no small part, a function of Okinawa's political relationship with mainland Japan and the United States.
	www.hawaii.edu /cjs/gradseminarseries.html (1145 words)

	Anime News Service - September 27 - October 4 Anime News
		At the end of November, Spriggan will leave the States and head over to Europe, where it will be shown during the 12th Annual International Film Festival of Wales, to be held in Wales' capital city from November 29th to December 9th.
		No set schedule has been made but will be posted at the beginning of October.
		The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (IRH : Kofuku no Kagaku in Japanese) cordially invites you to the sneak preview of a computer graphics theatrical animation film, "The Laws of The Sun", which will be released October 28 at Toei theaters all over Japan, and which length is 101 minutes with English subtitles.
	www.animenewsservice.com /archives/sept26.htm (5901 words)

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