John Makransky, PhD, has been a professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College, senior advisor for Chokyi Nyima Rinopche’s Center of Buddhist Studies in Nepal, a Contemplative Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, and developer of the Sustainable Compassion Training model for accessing innate capacities of unconditional care and awareness. John’s scholarly writings focus on connections between practices of devotion, compassion, and non-dual wisdom in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, on adapting Buddhist practices to meet contemporary minds, and on theoretical issues in interfaith learning. In 2000, John was ordained a Lama, a meditation teacher of innate compassion and wisdom, within the Nyingma Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. As a meditation teacher, John is known for guiding participants in their discovery of the underlying powers of unconditional love and wisdom. Since 2000, John has taught meditations of innate compassion and wisdom for modern Buddhists, for those in other spiritual traditions, and for people in caring roles and professions (sustainablecompassion.org).
