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Dr.

László Fórizs

Teacher at The 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:
• College 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

 

 

 
Publications List: available at the Hungarian Scientific Works Database