Alexander Berzin (scholar)
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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
His main teacher was Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, an assistant tutor of the Dalai Lama.[2] Berzin served as the Dalai Lama's archivist and occasionally his interpreter.[3]
In 1998, Berzin moved back to the West and devotes most of his time to preparing his unpublished materials for his Study Buddhism website. The website was chosen in 2011 to be archived as part of the Bodleian Electronic Archives and Manuscripts collection of the University of Oxford.[4]
Berzin is on the Board of Advisors of Tibet House Germany[5] and the International Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding of the College of Religious Studies of Mahidol University, Thailand.[6]
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. Template:ISBN.
- (Coauthor with the 14th Dalai Lama, Translator, and Editor), The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra. Ithaca, Snow Lion, 1997. Template:ISBN.
- Taking the Kalachakra Initiation. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1997. Template:ISBN. Reprinted as Introduction to the Kalachakra Initiation. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2010. Template:ISBN.
- Developing Balanced Sensitivity. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1998. Template:ISBN.[7]
- Kalachakra and Other Six-Session Yoga Texts. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1998. Template:ISBN.
- Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship. Ithaca, Snow Lion, 2000. Template:ISBN. Reprinted as Wise Teacher, Wise Student: Tibetan Approaches to a Healthy Relationship. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2012.[8][9][10]
- "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. Template:ISBN.
- "The Sources of Happiness According to Buddhism" in Glück (Andre Holenstein, Ruth Meyer Schweizer, Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello, Peter Rusterholz, Christian von Zimmermann, Andreas Wagner, Sara Margarita Zwahlen, eds.). Bern, Stuttgart, Wien, Haupt Verlag, 2011, 41–52. Template:ISBN.
References
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- ↑ Virtanen, Riika J. (1999). Review: Kalachakra and other Six-Session Yoga Texts by Alexander Berzin. Template:Jstor The Tibet Journal 24 (4), 87–88. Template:Registration
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- ↑ Pettit, John. "Review: Developing Balanced Sensitivity",Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (New York) (winter 1998)
- ↑ Marquis, A. (2000). "Book Review: Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship by Alexander Berzin", Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 32 (2), 178
- ↑ Harrison, Anna (2000). Review of Alexander Berzin, "Relating to a Spiritual Teacher", Publishers' Weekly
- ↑ Tatz, Mark (2002). Review of Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship. Tibet Journal 27 (3–4), Autumn and Winter 2002. Template:Jstor Template:Registration
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