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ACCOUNT OF THE THIRD CONFERENCE ON MONGOLIAN BUDDHISM The third international conference on Mongolian Buddhism was held from 25-26 April, 2019 at Eétvés Lorand University, Faculty of Humanities in Budapest, Hungary in the series of annual European seminars of the International Association for Mongol Studies (IAMS). The conference entitled Mongolian Buddhism: Tradition and Innovation was organized and hosted by the Department of Mongolian and Inner Asian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University in cooperation with its Research Centre for Mongolian Studies, Budapest Centre of Buddhist Studies, and the International Association for Mongol Studies. Several other institutions, like the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia — Fund for Supporting Mongolian Studies, Gandantegchenling Monastery, the Centre of Mongolian Buddhists, the Embassy of Mongolia in Budapest, the Dharma Gate Buddhist Church and the Eternal Art Gallery provided support for the scientific forum. A visit in the Oriental Collection of the Library and Information Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences completed the event as well as a reception organized by the Embassy of Mongolia in Budapest. During the opening ceremony Birtalan Agnes, the president of the IAMS and the Head of the Department of Mongolian and Inner Asian Studies, and the Research Centre for Mongolian Studies welcomed the participants. After the addressings of Sonkoly Gabor, Dean of Faculty and Humanities, Edétvés Lorand University, His Excellence Ds. Batbayar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia in Hungary, the greeting words sent by Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, Prime Minister of Mongolia, Most Ven. D. Choijamts, Abbot of the Gandantegchenling Monastery, and Most Ven. Ch. Dambajaw, Abbot of the Dsiitin Khiiree Dashichoiling Monastery emphasized the importance of the conference and its valuable impacts on the international studies of Mongolian Buddhism. Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Honorary Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Russia, Mongolia, and CIS Countries at the Tibet Culture & Information Centre (Office of Tibet) in Moscow, Russia, gave the keynote presentation of the plenary session, and Möngkebatu Isipirengleijamsu Corji, the sixth incarnation of Mergen Gegen Monastery, Inner Mongolia, China introduced his active monastery in brief. The present series of conferences on Mongolian Buddhism at Eétvés Lorand University has started in 2015 (Mongolian Buddhism: Past, Present, Future) and continued in 2017 (Mongolian Buddhism in Practice) with great success. During the third conference held from 25—26 April, 2019 more than 90 researchers and high ranking lamas from 14 countries (Austria, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, the United 13
