Imre Bangha, a professor at Oxford and head of the Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Institute of the Sapientia University in Miercurea Ciuc, gave the presentation entitled ?Bridges between Tibet and Europe?.
Bangha was invited by Csaba Sógor, an MEP of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, to mark the occasion of the 170th anniversary of Kőrösi Csoma?s death.
?Imre Bangha focused on the universality of Sándor Kőrösi Csoma?s work highlighting its aspects that are relevant even today. He praised Csoma?s work in the field of traditional languages and cultures, as well as his contribution to the establishment of the global learning method, emphasizing that all over the world Csoma is known as the founder of tibetology: the world came to know Tibetan Buddhism through his writings,? Sógor said on his website.
?He also recorded the grammar of the Tibetan language and developed a method of researching traditional cultures that was based on respect. For Hungarian speakers, Csoma represents travel, learning, research and persistence. The professor also spoke about Csoma?s British connections, his lifestyle based on perpetual learning and presented Csoma?s travels in the political context of the era,? the website said.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
