Alexander Berzin (scholar)

Alexander Berzin

Alexander Berzin, April 2015
Religion Tibetan Buddhism
Education Ph.D., Harvard University (1972)
MA, Harvard University (1967)
BA, Rutgers University (1965)
Personal
Born 1944
Paterson, New Jersey
Religious career
Works Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship (2000), Developing Balanced Sensitivity (1998), Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra (1997), Taking the Kalachakra Initiation (1997)
Website studybuddhism.com

Alexander Berzin (born 1944) is a scholar, translator, and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.[1]

Early years

Berzin was born in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. He received his B.A. degree in 1965 from the Department of Oriental Studies, Rutgers University; his M.A. in 1967; and, his Ph.D. in 1972 from the Departments of Far Eastern Languages (Chinese) and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University.

Work

Berzin served as the Dalai Lama's archivist and occasionally his interpreter.[2]

Berzin is on the Board of Advisors of Tibet House Germany[3] and the International Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding of the College of Religious Studies of Mahidol University, Thailand.[4]

He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.

Bibliography

References

  1. Virtanen, Riika J. (1999). Review: Kalachakra and other Six-Session Yoga Texts by Alexander Berzin. The Tibet Journal 24 (4), 87-88.   via JSTOR (subscription required)
  2. Fineman, Mark (January 1, 1991). "Dalai Lama's Disciples Gather for Peace Prayer Religion: About 150,000 participate in ceremony with the Peace Prize winner.". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "Tibethaus Advisory board, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. "International Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding at the CRS in Mahidol University, Thailand". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. Pettit, John. "Review: Developing Balanced Sensitivity",Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (New York) (winter 1998)
  6. Marquis, A. (2000). "Book Review: Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship by Alexander Berzin", Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 32 (2), 178
  7. Harrison, Anna (2000). Review of Alexander Berzin, "Relating to a Spiritual Teacher", Publishers’ Weekly
  8. Tatz, Mark (2002). Review of Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship. Tibet Journal 27 (3-4), Autumn and Winter 2002.   via JSTOR (subscription required)
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