John Makransky is Associate Professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College, senior advisor to Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's Centre for Buddhist Studies in Nepal, and a board member of the Society of Buddhist-Christian Studies. He is guiding meditation teacher of the Foundation for Active Compassion, a socially engaged Buddhist organization, and the author of Awakening through Love (2007). His research focuses on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist thought and practice in their relation to contemporary needs and interfaith learning.
摘要
Although many people in our modern, secularized world have rejected religious ways of thinking or have lost touch with spiritual resources previously available in their religious traditions, they search for a deeper grounding for living and serving that only spiritual disciplines can provide.
