The information on this site has been put together by former members of Sukyo Mahikari. We have endeavoured to portray an accurate view of Mahikari teachings sourced from their own publications and through articles written by long term members.
Also included are personal experiences, references about Mahikari and cults (updated March 2025), and newspaper reports. The most recent discussions about Mahikari online are:
- Aprendendo com a Sukyo Mahikari (Portuguese), May 2025 (translation available via your web browser)
- Cults operating in Australia: Sukyo Mahikari, February 2025
- Seeing Red blog Active 2025
- Sukyo Mahikari—A Japanese Cult Inside and Out, Cult Stories, 17 January 2022
- Sukyo Mahikari podcast interview on The Cult Vault, 10 June 2022
- Spirituality without Religions: My dismissal from Sukyo Mahikari, a doshi's story. Blog post from 2015; added May 2025, translation available via your web browser
- La experienca de un antiguo practicante de Sukyo Mahikari
Interview with an ex-member, by EducaSectas, April 2023 *In Spanish. To access in other languages, turn on CC (closed captions), then Settings > Subtitles/CC: Spanish (auto-generated) > select Auto-translate and then choose your language from the dropdown list.
Many people throughout the world have survived the Mahikari experience. It is our sincere hope that this site will be used to gain tools of survival, not only from Mahikari but similar groups which rob people of the ability to make life choices.
We have a Frequently Asked Questions page. We are no longer running an email account, and hope that this page will answer your questions.
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Translations of this Site
These translations of sections of this site are provided through the hard work of ex-Mahikari members around the world - we thank them for their help and enthusiasm!