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 |
Alexander Berzin (born 1944) is a scholar, translator, and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.
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.[1]
Berzin is on the Board of Advisors of Tibet House Germany[2] and the International Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding of the College of Religious Studies of Mahidol University, Thailand.[3]
He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.
Bibliography
- (Co-editor with John Bray) Kuleshov, Nikolai S. Russia’s Tibet File. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1996. ISBN 8186470050.
- (Coauthor with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Translator, and Editor), The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra. Ithaca, Snow Lion, 1997. ISBN 9781559399302.
- Taking the Kalachakra Initiation. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1997. ISBN 1559390840. Reprinted as Introduction to the Kalachakra Initiation. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2010. ISBN 9781559397384.
- Developing Balanced Sensitivity. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1998. ISBN 9781559399937.
- Kalachakra and Other Six-Session Yoga Texts. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1998. ISBN 9781559399968.
- Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship. Ithaca, Snow Lion, 2000. ISBN 9781559399838. Reprinted as Wise Teacher, Wise Student: Tibetan Approaches to a Healthy Relationship. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2012.
- "A Buddhist View of Islam" in Islam and Interfaith Relations: The Gerald Weisfeld Lectures 2006 (Perry Schmidt-Leukel and Lloyd Ridgeon, eds.). London: SCM Press, 2007, 187-203. ISBN 9780334041320.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Tibethaus Advisory board, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ "International Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding at the CRS in Mahidol University, Thailand". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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