The Dharma Gate Fehér Judit Special Awards were presented

The 2020 and 2021 Dharma Gate Fehér Judit Special Awards were presented.

The award, named after our colleague and friend who passed away in 2019, is presented each year to the authors of the best theses. Unfortunately, last year’s award ceremony was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, so this year, to make up for it, a double award ceremony was held.

The awards were presented by Gábor Karsai, rector of the Dharma Gate Buddhist College, followed by László Mireisz (president of the Dharma Gate Buddhist Church), Zoltán Cser (director of the Dharma Gate Buddhist Church), and Attila Márton Farkas (president of the DGBC Scientific Council) talked with the award winners about their theses, their college studies, and the experiences, memories, and lessons they gathered during their years at the college.

During the conversation, Gábor Karsai drew particular attention to the joyful development that, as the titles of the theses indicate, the award-winning theses covered a very wide range of topics.

The winners of the 2019/2020 Dharma Gate Fehér Judit Special Award:

1st prize (200,000 HUF):

Ildikó Horváthné Ungurián: Wisdom in Buddhism – The appearance of Manjusri in Buddhist literature (BA program)

Second prize (100,000 HUF):

Szilvia Solymári: Achieving inner freedom – a comparison of Hellenic and Buddhist philosophical methods and an examination of their mutual influences (BA program)

Third prize (shared, HUF 50,000 each):

Annamária Haluska: The correct practice of giving in Buddhist traditions (BA program)

Zoltán Kovács: The application of Buddhist therapies in prisons from the recent past to the present day, with a focus on selected foreign and Hungarian penal institutions (BA program)

Polka Mónika: Teaching methods in Buddhism – examining upāyakosalla as a pedagogical method through Theravada texts (BA program)

The 2020/2021 recipients of the Tan Kapuja Fehér Judit Special Award:

1st prize (200,000 HUF):

Zoltán Tóth: Theoretical questions concerning the practical application of Buddhist economics (BA evening program)

Second prize (200,000 HUF):

Ágnes Arató Sugár: Where does the road lead? Pathfinders at the gates of knowledge. Individual opportunities within the framework of the College (BA evening program)

Third prize (shared, 50,000 HUF each):

Viktória Pápai: Who loves flowers… Japanese flower arranging and insight into the symbolism of flowers in the Bible (BA evening program)

László Trautmann: Buddhism and Psychology. The influence of Buddhism on the development of Western psychology, or the background of positive psychology (BA evening course)

Gábor Levente Ujvári: Buddhism and Sanskrit (BA daytime course)

Photos: Attila Bán-Horváth

Dr. Judit Fehér, retired professor at the Tan Kapuja Buddhist College, certified orientalist (Tibetan), lecturer in English and Indology, candidate of linguistics, passed away on February 12, 2019. Following her death, the Senate of the Tan Kapuja Buddhist College renamed the Dharma Gate Special Award in memory of Judit Fehér to the Dharma Gate Judit Fehér Special Award.