Ernő Hetényi (aka Ernest Hetényi 1912–1999) was a Hungarian

tibetologist Tibetology () refers to the study of things related to Tibet, including its history, religion, language, culture, politics and the collection of Tibetan articles of historical, cultural and religious significance. The last may mean a collection of ...

and the leader of the Arya Maitreya Mandala for Eastern Europe.

Life

Heténys father was the

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composer Albert Hetényi Heidelberg (1875–1951). Ernő Hetényi was the founder of the Buddhist society of Hungary in 1951. As a disciple of

Lama Anagarika Govinda Anagarika Govinda (born Ernst Lothar Hoffmann, 17 May 1898 – 14 January 1985) was the founder of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala and an expositor of Tibetan Buddhism, Abhidharma, and Buddhist meditation as well as other aspects of ...

he became leader of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala. During Communist government Buddhism as practising religion was not encouraged, but the activity of the Buddhist community was tolerated by the authorities. "In 1956 Dr. Hetényi founded the Alexander Csoma des Körös Institute for Buddhology, the order’s first academic institution in Europe. He has been very successful in strengthening the order’s ties with Buddhist communities and institutions in Mongolia and countries of the former Soviet Union." Hetényi published numerous books and articles on Buddhism and Tibet. He was also a researcher of the History of Buddhism in Hungary.Ernest Hetenyi: A Short History of Buddhism in Hungary. Bulletin of Tibetology -- Vol. 10, no. 1 (1973)
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Works

* Kőrösi Csoma Sándor dokumentáció. Budapest 1982, * Alexander Csoma de Körös. The Hungarian Bodhisattva. Budapest 1984 * A Változás Könyve. Háttér 1989, * Tibeti Halottaskönyv. Hatter Kiado 1991, * Tibeti tanítók titkos tanításai. Trivium Kiadó 1996,

References

External links

Ernest Hetényi in The Tibetan & Himalayan Library

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hetenyi, Erno 1912 births 1999 deaths Converts to Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism writers Tibetologists 20th-century Hungarian historians Hungarian Buddhists