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László Takács

Associate Professor, Dharma Gate Buddhist College

I am confused. What could one write about the uneventful life of an aging Buddhist? We fall asleep, wake up, fall asleep again, wake up again, in the meantime we do this and that, and so on. The whole summary is perhaps captured by this old poem of mine. Unfortunately, I have to rewrite it annually to adjust to the changes in gas prices. The rest remains relevant to this day.
Because we are Buddhists…
While
you
truely
feel:
you
are
important
for yourself
and for the Dharma…
…the price of Buddha-gas keeps rising.
(“It’s already exceeded four hundred and twenty.”)
In the pharmacy, the sore-footed Buddha-lady
sighs and groans as she stands in the Buddha-line,
in Tesco, Buddha-food piles up,
and your silly cat involuntarily poops
on the Buddha-litter you bought on sale.
Of course, …
… whether
you are
afraid, …
… or
not, …
…
it doesn’t matter…
we all die.
We will never smell the shamanic wind of the eagle’s flight again,
worms feast from our Viking bellies,
– and who were we? – a few overturned glasses.
Our proud nature was well-hidden self-torture,
and when we are gone, uncovered and without pretense,
the most we’ll leave behind is laughter,
no anxiety, and no humility.

E-mail address: tenigl@tkbf.hu
Date of Birth: 1958
Qualifications:
  • Körösi Csoma Sándor Buddhológiai Intézet (Körösi Csoma Sándor Buddhistological Institute), 1985
  • Dharma Gate Buddhist College, Buddhist Teacher Program, 1997

Professional Qualifications:

  • Doctor Philosophiae Buddhologiae (honoris causa)
  • Buddhist Teacher
Position:
  • Associate Professor at Dharma Gate Buddhist College

Previous Teaching Activities:

Courses at the Körösi Csoma Sándor Buddhológiai Intézet (Körösi Csoma Sándor Buddhistological Institute):

  • 1984–1990

At Dharma Gate Buddhist College, since 1991:

  • Indian philosophy (darshanas)
  • Basic Buddhist teachings
  • German language
  • German-language Buddhist text reading
  • Sanskrit text reading
  • Yogacara philosophy
  • Cultural history of India
  • Upanishads

At Danubius German Language School, 1990–2003:

  • German language

Professional Experience and Achievements:

  • Head of the Buddhist Department at Dharma Gate Buddhist College, 1992–94
  • Leader of the TEKI KAGYU community, since 1992
  • Obtained the “Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom,” Goethe Institute, 1991
  • Retreat, USZO, Hungary, 2003

Active Participation in the Founding of the Following Schools:

  • Dharma Gate Buddhist College
  • Gandhi Gimnázium (Gandhi High School)
  • Kollegium Martineum
  • Kistigris Gimnázium és Szakiskola (Little Tiger High School and Vocational School) (now: A Tan Kapuja Buddhista Gimnázium (Dharma Gate Buddhist High School))

Participation in Research Projects:

  • OTKA continuously

Scientific/Professional Community Activities, International Relations:

Since 1992, continuous participation in the work of Roma organizations; education and camping for Roma youth:

  • Amrita Association
  • Amice Association
  • Collegium Martineum
  • Kistigris Gimnázium és Szakiskola (Little Tiger High School and Vocational School) (now: A Tan Kapuja Buddhista Gimnázium (Dharma Gate Buddhist High School))