A companion book newly published in Hungarian with English-language inclusions, by J. Galantha


KŐRÖSI CSOMA SÁNDOR ÉS A TIBETI GYÓGYÁSZAT REJTÉLYEI
A Transylvanian Sekler: Alexander Csoma de Kőrös

The English translation of the traditional Tibetan healing system was originally published in 1835 in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. It is a translation from the Tibetan language, based on Alexander Csoma de Kőrös's ladáki teacher, Sangye Phuntsog’s transmission. This article was never entirely translated into Hungarian until now, probably due to its “unusual” concept, still largely unknown in the West. This is an entire translation of the original English text into Hungarian together with the background info of historical facts and explanation of all specificities of this still valid and practiced healing concept.

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Published by PALATINA BOOKS
ISBN: 978-606-9652-07-7
104 pages

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Galántha, Judit (1944- ) also known as J. Hermann. Broadcast journalist and author of several academic papers, books in English and Hungarian. She came to Canada in 1968, obtained a B.Sc. degree at Université de Montréal (1979). Worked for Radio Canada International (1976-1991), then as a Canadian correspondent for Radio Free Europe (1992-1993). A contributor and English translator to the Encyclopaedia Hungarica and chief translator, contributor and lector for the World Hungarian Encyclopedia English Project. She widely traveled in East-, Central and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and the Caribbean region, North Africa, North- and South America and has visited most countries in Europe. The first woman to actively follow the footsteps of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös in Transylvania, India, Kinnawar, Ladakh as well as visited Sikkim, Tibet and China. Attended an advanced foundation course of the theory of Tibetan medicine at the Tara-Rokpa College in Scotland (1994-1998) finishing with the title Dorjé Mi Chörpa Rigpé Yéshé (Unmoving Clear Intelligence of Primordial Wisdom). She is the first Hungarian with such a unique qualification and the first female recipient of three distinguished awards: the Alexander Csoma de Kőrös commemorative medal (Covasna, Transylvania 2001), the Samuel Teleki medal of the prestigious Hungarian Geographic Society (2002); and the Dénes Balázs commemorative medal of the Hungarian Museum of Geography (2014). She is past president of the Hungarian Studies Association of Canada (2003-2005). She lives in Montreal, Canada.