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Dr. László Fórizs

Professor, Dharma Gate Buddhist College
(scripture studies, scripture translation, epistemology, logic, Indian philosophy)

Date of Birth: 1959
Education:
  • ELTE TTK (ELTE Faculty of Science), Physics, 1987
  • ELTE PPK (ELTE Faculty of Education), Teacher Training, 2006
Qualifications:
  • Certified Physicist, ELTE TTK (ELTE Faculty of Science), 1987
  • Secondary School Physics Teacher, ELTE TTK (ELTE Faculty of Science), 2006
Position:
  • Professor, Dharma Gate Buddhist College

Academic Degree:

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University, 1997

Teaching Activities:

1990–92, 1996/97, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA:

  • Undergraduate physics courses

1992–99, Dharma Gate Buddhist College:

  • Introduction to Patanjali’s Yoga System
  • Introduction to Eastern Languages: Pali, Sanskrit
  • Rigveda
  • Dhammapada
  • Vedic Rituals
  • Dhammapada (Pali text reading)
  • Patanjali: Yoga Sutra (Sanskrit text reading)
  • Svetasvatara Upanishad (Sanskrit text reading)
  • Rigveda (Vedic Sanskrit text reading)
  • History of Philosophy from Descartes to Kant
  • 20th Century Philosophical Movements
  • Cosmology
  • Whitehead’s Philosophy [in collaboration with Gábor Karsai]

1994/95, ELTE Tanárképző Főiskola, Neveléstudományi Tanszék (ELTE Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences):

  • A Rigvéda költészete (The Poetry of the Rigveda)

1997, JATE BTK, Alkalmazott Vallástudományi Kutatócsoport (JATE Faculty of Humanities, Applied Religious Studies Research Group):

  • Rigveda
  • Vedic Rituals

1999/2000, ELTE TTK Filozófia Tanszék (ELTE Faculty of Science, Department of Philosophy):

  • Alfred North Whitehead’s Philosophy (in collaboration with Tibor Széchenyi)
  • Alfred North Whitehead filozófiája (Alfred North Whitehead’s Philosophy) (in collaboration with Tibor Széchenyi)

2004–2006, BME Filozófia és Tudománytörténet Tanszék (BME Department of Philosophy and History of Science):

  • Vedic Rituals
  • A. N. Whitehead’s Philosophy of Science

2008-present, Dharma Gate Buddhist College:

  • Pre-Buddhist Sources
  • Indian Culture 1. (History)
  • History of Religion 2. (Religions of India)
  • Indian Philosophy 1. (Vedic Religion and Brahmanism)
  • Indian Philosophy 3. (Nyaya, Vaiseshika)
  • Indian Philosophy 5. (Vedanta, Mimamsa)
  • Buddhism Today 1. (Buddhism and the Sciences)
  • Theravada Buddhism 1. (Theravada Countries and Buddhist Teachers)
  • Buddhist Sacred Texts 3. (Dhammapada)
  • Comparative Religious Studies 4. (Epistemology)
  • Buddhist Philosophy 6. (Epistemology and Logic)

2012, University of Kerala, Department of Sanskrit, Kariavattom, India:

  • Interpreting the Metaphorical Language of the Rigveda with the Help of Cognitive Linguistics
  • Origin and Development of the Tipitaka in Theravada Buddhism – The Tipitaka’s Contribution to the Stability of Buddhism
  • 2015/16, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University [MCU], Thailand:
  • Tipitaka [MA course in English]

Professional Practice and Achievements:

  • “Reconciling Early Vedic and Buddhist Thought,” invited lecture, 9th International Whitehead Conference, Society and Process – From Theory to Practice, Krakow, Poland, 9th-12th Sept, 2013.
  • “Nāgārjuna’s Paradox – From K. Bhattacarya to G. Priest,” invited paper, 15th World Sanskrit Conference, New Delhi, India, 5th-10th January, 2012.
  • “The Ritual Construction of Time. On the Origin of Constructing Rituals/Sacrifices – Comparative Analysis,” invited paper, 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 1st-5th Sept, 2009.
  • “Dīrghatamas. From RV 1.143 to RV 1.164. Analysis of the Dīrghatamas Cycle (1.140-164). Interpretation of Mantra RV 1.164.46,” 13th World Sanskrit Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 10th-14th July, 2006.
  • “Apām Napāt, Dīrghatamas and the Construction of the Brick Altar. Analysis of RV 1.143,” invited paper, 12th World Sanskrit Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 13th-18th July, 2003.
  • “The Relevance of Whitehead for Contemporary Buddhist Philosophy,” invited lecture, Silver Anniversary Whitehead Conference, Claremont, CA, August 4–9, 1998.

Scientific / Professional Public Life and International Relations:

  • Chief Editor: Keréknyomok, Social, Orientalist, and Buddhological Journal, since 2012
  • Erudite-Scholar in Residence, Programme of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, 2011/12, Dept. of Sanskrit, Kerala University, Kariavattom, India

Memberships:

  • Magyar Felsőoktatási Akkreditációs Bizottság Hittudományi Bizottsága (Hungarian Accreditation Committee, Religious Studies Committee), since 2010
  • International Association of Sanskrit Studies, since 2009
  • Magyar Filozófiai Társaság (Hungarian Philosophical Society), since 2006
  • Magyar Felsőoktatási Akkreditációs Bizottság Hittudományi Bizottsága )Hungarian Accreditation Committee, Religious Studies Committee), 1994–1997

Language Studies, Language Exams:

  • English, Cambridge, ELTS
  • Sanskrit, Pali