Sukyo Mahikari

Sukyo Mahikari (Japanese: 崇教眞光, Sūkyō Mahikari; "Sukyo" means universal principles and "Mahikari" means True Light) is a Japanese new religion (shinshūkyō). It is one of the Mahikari movement religions and has centers in more than 100 countries. The stated aim of the organization is to help people improve the quality of their lives and attain happiness by practicing universal principles and a method of spiritual purification called the art of True Light.

The original Mahikari organization was founded by Kōtama Okada in 1959 under the name L. H. Yokoshi no Tomo (L・H陽光子友乃会発足). This then became Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyodan (SMBK) or the World Divine Light Organization. Sukyo Mahikari is an offshoot of SMBK and was registered on June 23, 1978 by Keishu Okada four years into a legal dispute for the control of SMBK following the death of Kōtama Okada. in 1974. In 2013, Sukyo Mahikari announced it had a membership of approximately one million practitioners.

Its headquarters in Takayama is known as the World Shrine of Sukyo Mahikari (崇教眞光世界総本山) or Motosu Hikari Ōkamu no Miya (元主晃大神宮).