Lama John Makransky has been Associate Professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College for thirty years, Senior Academic Advisor for the Center for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Nepal, Contemplative Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, and President of the Society of Buddhist-Christian studies. John has published books and many articles that focus on connections between devotion, compassion, and wisdom in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, on adapting Buddhist practices to meet contemporary minds, and on theoretical issues in interfaith learning, including Buddhahood Embodied (1997), Buddhist Theology (2000), Awakening through Love (2007), and How Compassion Works (2025). In 2000, John was ordained as a Lama in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and since then has taught meditations of innate compassion and wisdom to modern Buddhists, people of diverse faiths, and those in caring roles and professions to support their spiritual lives and work. For that, John developed the Sustainable Compassion Training model (https://sustainablecompassion.org).