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The Gate of Dharma Buddhist College

Tan Kapuja

I have studied [« go to studies ] Buddhism at the Gate of Dharma Buddhist College in Budapest besides Hindu, Chinese and western philosophy. I got so deeply involved, that after finishing my MA, I have decided to stay with the institution and become a Buddhist teacher myself. Between 1995-2003 I was teaching a number of different Buddhist subjects as well as doing research into early Buddhism. I was appointed an associate professor of philosophy in 2000. My major field of interest is Tantric Buddhism - especially the cross-cultural interference of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy and religious practice.

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Buddhism:
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  • dotClassic Buddhist Sutras dotMahayana Buddhism dotBuddhist Schools and Sects
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    dotBuddhist Culture dotBuddhist Ontology and Epistemology dotBuddhist Tantra
    • Spring 2000
    • Autumn 1999
    • Autumn 1998
    • Autumn 1996
    Hinduism:
    dotClassic Yoga dotHistory of Religion 2. dotHindu Tantra
    • Autumn 1997
    • Spring 2000
    • Spring 2003
    • Autumn 1999
    Anthropology:
    dotCultural Anthropology dotThe Anthropology of Asia dotSacred Symbols
    • Autumn 2002
    • Autumn 1999
    • Spring 2000
     
    Hermetic Philosophy:
    dotHermetic Philosophy dotIntroduction to Philosophy dotMagical Systems
    • Spring 1999
    • Autumn 1998
    • Spring 1995
    • Spring 2002
    • Autumn 1995

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    Research

    During my college years I have been on two expeditions to the Himalayas both carrying interests for my » Buddhist studies and » cultural anthropology research.

    A part of my first journey took me to Western Tibet, to the Buddhist kingdom of Ladakh in 1995.

    A part of my second journey took me to Western Tibet again, to the Buddhist kingdoms of Lahaul and Spiti and Zanskar in 1998.

    Politically these areas all belong to India, therefore survived the devastating effects of the Chinese intervention in Tibet and since represent an ideal research area of relatively untouched Buddhist culture.

    I have also studied some of the monasteries and settlements of Tibetan refugees in Himachal Pradesh (India) and the Kathmandu-valley (Nepal).

    pulse I have visited a high number of Tibetan settlements studying Tibetan Buddhist culture.
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    pulse I have visited more than a 130 Hindu temples in Northern-India and the Kathmandu-valley in Nepal.
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    pulse My research involved documentation (film and photo) of a number of Hindu and Buddhist topics.
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    Daniel Tarr anthropologist

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    I have visited more than 50 Buddhist monasteries, observing the monastic way of life:

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    Tsuglagkhang - Dharamsala (HP, India) Sankar - Sankar (Ladakh)
    Dip Tse-Chok Ling - Dharamsala (HP, India) Tikse - Tiksey (Ladakh)
    Gadhan Thekchoking - Manali (HP India) (Basgo) - Basgo (Ladakh)
    Khardong - Khardong (Lahaul & Spiti) Rizong - Rizong (Ladakh)
    Tayul - Stingri (Lahaul & Spiti) Julichen - Rizong (Ladakh)
    Shashur - Leh (Ladakh) Shara - Shara (Ladakh)
    Jokhang (Soma) - Leh (Ladakh) Matho - Matho (Ladakh)
    Lehchen Spalkhar - Leh (Ladakh) (Stagna) - Stagna (Ladakh)
    Lakhang - Leh (Ladakh) Spitok - Spituk (Ladakh)
    Namgyal Tsemo - Leh (Ladakh) Shey - Shey (Ladakh)

    Hemis - Hemis (Ladakh)

    Zangla - Zangla (Zanskar)

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    (Phyang) - Phyang (Ladakh)

    Changchup - Zangla (Zanskar)

    (Lamayuru) - Lamayuru (Ladakh)

    Swayambhunath - Swayambunath (Nepal)

    (Serdung) - Mulbekh (Ladakh)

    Rigzing Phadrang - Goraknath (Nepal)

    (Rangdum) - Rangdum (Zanskar)

    Guru Rinpoche - Goraknath (Nepal)

    Stagrimo - Padum (Zanskar)

    Dongak Chöling - Goraknath (Nepal)

    Sani - Sani (Zanskar)

    Kopan - Kopan (Nepal)

    Karsha - Karsha (Zanskar)

    Sechen Tennyi Dargyeling - Bodnath (Nepal)

    Bardan - Bardan (Zanskar)

    Chinya-Lama - Bodnath (Nepal)

    Thonde - Thonde (Zanskar)

    Ka-Nying Sheldrup Ling - Bodnath (Nepal)

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    Bodhgaya
    • Mahabodhi temple & Bo Tree
    • Thai Bodhi Kham monastery
    • Tamang monastery
    • Indosan Nipponji Temple and Daijokyo monastery
    • Birla Dharamsala
    • Tibetan Sakya and Karma monasteries
    • Burmese Vihara
    • Tibetan, Chineese, Nepali, Thai and Bhutanese monastery

    Om Mani Padme Hum

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    Writings and Publications

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    magyar Available in Hungarian:

    Buddhist Philosophy :

    Hinajána buddhizmus (Hinayana Buddhism):

    dotTarr Dániel : Dharmabeszéd . (A Speech of Dharma) . [2001] {GDBC Mahayana} - (MS Word) [« read it ]
    dotTarr Dániel : Hinajána Buddhizmus . (Hinayana Buddhism) . [Autumn 1997] – [Schoolbook of the GDBC, 1997] - (MS Word) [« read it ]

    Mahajána buddhizmus (Mahayana Buddhism):

    dotTarr Dániel : Mahajána Buddhizmus . (Mahayana BuddhismThe History of Mahayana Schools) . [Autumn 1994] – [Schoolbook of the GDBC, 2001.] - [« read it ]

    Tibeti buddhizmus (Tibetan Buddhism):

    dotTarr Dániel : Csenrézi . (Chenrezig) . [Spring 1996] {ELTE CAD} – [MTA Etno-regional Research Centre, Workbook 10., 1996] - (MS Word) [« read it ]

    Zen buddhizmus (Zen Buddhism):

    dotTarr Dániel : Lin-csi . (Lin-chi) . [Spring 1994] {GDBC Zen Buddhism} - (MS Word) [« read it ]
    dotJohn Drew : A Kamakurai Buddha . (The Buddha at Kamakura) . [1995] {poems in English} - [« read it ]

    Jógacsára buddhizmus (Yogacara Buddhism):

    dotVasubandhu: Vijnapti-matrata-siddhi - "The Proof of the Mind only". (translation by Daniel Tarr) [1996] {from Sanskrit} - [« read it ]

    Buddhista ismeretelmélet (Buddhist epistemology):

    dotTarr Dániel : Vaszubandhu - A Három Önvaló Tanítása . (Vasubandhu - The Teaching of the Three Selves). [Spring 1996] {GDBC Yogacara Buddhism} - [« read it ]
    dotTarr Dániel : Éntelenség és üresség . (Selflessness and Emptiness). [Spring 1995] {GDBC Mahayana Buddhism} - [« read it ]
    dotTarr Dániel : Buddhista episztemológiai szójegyzék . (Buddhist Epistemological Glossary). [1998] {GDBC Buddhist Epistemology} - [« read it ]

    Chinese Philosophy :

    dotTarr Dániel : Bevezetés a Kínai Filozófiába . (Introduction to Chinese Philosophy) [Autumn 1993] {GDBC Chinese Philosophy}
    dotTarr Dániel : A felborult rend filozófiája - Hesziodosz és a Ji-King . (The Philosophy of Lost Order - Hesiod and the Ji-King) [Spring 1994] {GDBC Ancient- and Chinese Philosophy} - [(MS Word) « read it ]

    Hindu Philosophy :

    dotTarr Dániel : Siva Himnusz . (A Hymn to Siva) . [1999] - [(MS Word) « read it ]

    Upanisadok (Upanishad):

    dotTarr Dániel : Prána - átman . (Prana - Atman) . [1993] {GDBC Upanishad Philosophy} - [(MS Word) « read it ]

    Hindu Tantra (Hindu Tantra):

    dotTarr Dániel : A Hindu Tantra követői és gyakorlata . (The followers and practices of Hindu Tantra) .(GDBC MA Thesis) [Spring 1997] - [(MS Word) « read it ]
    dotTarr Dániel : Siva Kultusza . (The Cult of Siva) . (ELTE CAD MA Thesis) [Spring 1999] - [(MS Word) « read it ]
    dot Jonathan Parry : Az Aghori Aszkéták . (The Aghori Ascetics) . [Autumn 1996] {ELTE CAD} - [(MS Word) « read it ]
    dot Tarr Dániel : Indiai Aszketizmus . (Indian Asceticism) . [Spring 1998] {ELTE CAD BA} - [(MS Word) « read it ]
    dotTarr Dániel : Hindu Tantra jegyzet . (Hindu Tantra Notes) .(Schoolbook of the GDBC, 1996.) [1996] - [(MS Word) « read it ]

    Western Thought :

    Philosophy of Religion :

    dotTarr Dániel : Ziqquratu . (The Zikkurat) . [Spring 1994] {GDBC Philosophy of Religion} - [(MS Word) « read it ]
    dotTarr Dániel : Jézus Rabbi . (Rabbi Jesus). [Autumn 1995] {GDBC Philosophy of Religion} - [(MS Word) « read it ]

    History of Philosophy

    dotTarr Dániel : A felborult rend filozófiája - Hesziodosz és a Ji-King . (The Philosophy of Lost Order - Hesiod and the Ji-King) [Spring 1994] {GDBC Ancient- and Chinese Philosophy} - [(MS Word) « read it ]
    dotDaniel Tarr : Aurelius Augustinus . [Autumn 1995] {GDBC History of Philosophy}
    dotDaniel Tarr : Aurelius Augustinus: Confessions . [1992] {ELTE PHIL Nagy László}
    dotDaniel Tarr : Descartes: Discourse on Method . [1993] {ELTE PHIL Nagy László}
    dotDaniel Tarr : Hume: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding . [1993] {ELTE PHIL Nagy László}
    dotDaniel Tarr : Individualism and modern philosophy . [1992] {ELTE PHIL Nagy László}
    dotDaniel Tarr : Plato . [1992] {ELTE PHIL Nagy László}
    dotDaniel Tarr : Plato: Phaedo . [1992] {ELTE PHIL Nagy László}
    dotDaniel Tarr : Pre-Socratic Thought – The Philosophy of ONE . [Autumn 1993] {GDBC Ancient Philosophy}
    dotDaniel Tarr : Rousseau: Social Contract . [1993] {ELTE PHIL Nagy László}

    Epistemology

    EnglishAvailable in English:

    dotDaniel Tarr : Cognition and Freedom in 17-18th century philosophy . [1992] {ELTE PHIL Nagy László} 
    dotDaniel Tarr : The Theory of Direct Realism – In the light of Theories of Perception . [Autumn 2001] {CEU Empiricism} - [(MS Word) « read it ]

    Metaphysics

    dotDanielTarr : The Concept of Metempsychosis in Early Greek Philosophy . [Autumn 2001] {CEU Philosophy and Religion} - [(MS Word) « read it ]
    dotDaniel Tarr : Plato's Enlightenment – The concept of phronesis . [Autumn 2001] {CEU Ancient Philosophy} - [(MS Word) « read it ]


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    » You can check out my work on » The followers and practices of Hindu Tantra .

    » I also wrote my Cultural Anthropology thesis on » The Cult of Siva .

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    Presentations

    I stopped giving public lectures in Autumn 2003 almost entirely.

    • dot"Indian Sadhus" - [ELTE BTK Folklore Department (06/10/2003)].
    • dot"Passionate Buddhism" - ["Sziget 2002", Shambala, Budapest (05/08/2002)].
    • dot"Tantric Buddhism" - ["Valley of Arts 2002", Taliándörögd (01/08/2002)].
    • dot"Indian Ascetics (Sadhus)" - [Indian Embassy, Budapest  (10/05/2001)].
    • dot"High Civilizations in the Himalayas" - [ELTE BTK Cultural Anthropology Department  (20/04/2001)].
    • dot"Tibet and Nepal" - [Vista Coffee House (30/08/2000)].
    • dot"Tibet" - [ELTE BTK Cultural Anthropology Department  (10/03/2000)].
    • dot"Tibet and Nepal" - [Columbus High School (10/11/1999)].
    • dot"Hinayăna Buddhism" - ["Aquarius Day", Veszprém (23/10/1999)].
    • dot"Tibet" - [ELTE BTK Cultural Anthropology Department  (23/04/1999)].
    • dot"Tantric Buddhism" - [World Music Club (MOM) (18/03/1999)].  
    • dot"Tibet" - [Columbus High School (02/02/1999)].
    • dot"The TANTRA `98 Expedition" - [Szimbiózis Club (12/03/1999)].
    • dot "Basic Teachings of Buddhism" - [Buddhist Community in Nagyvárad (Spring 1997)].
    • dot"INDIA" - [University of Economics, Budapest (Autumn 1997)].
    • dot"Buddhism" - [Kőrősi Csoma Sándor High School, Budapest (Autumn 1996)].
    • dot"Northern India" - [ELTE BTK Cultural Anthropology Department (Autumn 1996)].
    • dot"Ladakh" - [Tibet Support Group (Spring 1996)].  

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