Articles & Essays
John Makransky is associate professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College and senior faculty advisor to the Center for Buddhist Studies of Kathmandu University, Nepal. Below is a selection of some of his articles and essays.
- “Compassion Beyond Fatigue: Contemplative Training for People who Serve Others”
Click here to download PDF - “Love Is All Around: Recognizing the Unconditional Love in our Lives”
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (Fall 2007)
Click here to download PDF - “No Real Protection Without Authentic Love”
Journal of Buddhist Ethics (Volume 12, 2005) - “A Contemporary Buddhist Teaching of Spiritual Practice” (PDF)
presented to the Association of Practical Theology, American Academy of Religion (2007) - “Buddhist Perspectives on Truth in Other Religions: Past and Present”
Theological Studies (June 2003) - “Buddha and Christ as Mediations of Ultimate Reality: A Mahayana Buddhist Perspective”
Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue (2005) - “Historical Consciousness as an Offering to the Trans-historical Buddha” (PDF)
Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars - “Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection as a Resource for Buddhist Communities and for the Contemporary World”
Journal of Global Buddhism (2008) - “Contemporary Academic Buddhist Theology: Its Emergence and Rationale” (PDF)
Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars (2000) - “Family Life as Practice” (PDF)
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (2001) - “Parenting as Path” (PDF)
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (2001) - “Buddhahood and Buddha Bodies”
Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2004) - “Tathagata” (PDF)
Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd edition, 2003) - “Buddhist Analogues of Sin and Grace: A Dialogue with Augustine”
Studies in Interreligious Dialogue (2005) - “Mahayana Buddhist Ritual and Ethical Activity in the World” (PDF)
Society of Buddhist Christian Studies Meeting, Orlando, FL (Nov. 20, 1998)