Buddhism

Overview

Following volumes on Christianity and Hinduism, this new offering in the comprehensive collection of Panikkars work brings together in one volume the definitive English- language version of Panikkars important work on Buddhism. As always, Panikkar seeks to bring together East and West without compromising the integrity of each tradition.

Enthusiasts of Panikkar will find much to en­joy in this deep reading of one of the worlds great religious heritages, while the newcomer will find much intellectual profit in Panikkars methods ”always comparing, contrasting, and offering new ways of understanding the traditions he studied.

Raimon Panikkar (1918-2010) made pioneering contributions in the areas of interreligious dialogue, comparative theology, and the phenomenology of religion, while bridging different religions and cultures (Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism), and effected insightful conversa­tion between the so-called sacred and secular worlds. These diverse contributions were tied together in a unifying vision he called his cos­motheandric intuition, and the deep interconnection of the Divine, the Cosmic, and the Human.