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

in 1967; and, his Ph.D. in 1972 from the Departments of Far Eastern Languages (Chinese) and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University.

His main teacher was Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, an assistant tutor of the Dalai Lama.

[3] In 1998, Berzin moved back to the West and devotes most of his time to preparing his unpublished materials for his Study Buddhism website.

[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.