BUDDHISM

Following the volumes on Christianity and Hinduism, this new addition to the com­prehensive collection of Panikkar’s works brings together in one volume the definitive English-lan­guage version of Panikkar’s important work on Buddhism. As always, Panikkar seeks to bring together East and West without compromising the integrity of each tradition.
Panikkar enthusiasts will find much to en­joy in this in-depth look at one of the world’s great religious heritages, while the newcomer will find great intellectual profit in Panikkar’s methods—always comparing, contrasting and offering new ways of understanding the tradi­tions he studied.

INDEX OF ORIGINAL TEXTS IN VOLUME V

Introduction: “The First Image of Buddha”. Partly published in Kerygm und Indien. Das erste Bild des Buddha, pp. 91-100, published in Italian as La prima imagine del Buddha, Humanitas, Brescia 1966 pp. 608-622.

“Void and Fullness in the Buddhist, Hind¥ and Christian Traditions. Â¥nya – P¥r…a – Pleríma”: original text Opening Address in Void and Fullness in the Buddhist, Hindu and Christian Traditions. Â¥nya – P¥r…a – Pleríma, B. Bäumer and J.R. Dupuche (edd.), D.K. Printworld Ltd, New Delhi 2005, pp. 11-18; 267-275.

“The Destiny of Technological Civilization: an Ancient Buddhist Legend Romavisaya”. Revised version of the Fifth Annual Thomas Merton Lecture delivered at the Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York, on 23 November 1982.

“The Smile of the Buddha. The Silence and the Word”. In Myth, Faith and Hermeneutics, Paulist, New York 1979, reprint ATC, Bangalore 1983, Chap. 8.

The silence of Buddha. A Religious a-theism. Based on the new extended Italian version of Il silenzio del Buddha. Un a-teismo religioso, Mondadori, Milano 2006; first English publication: The Silence of God. The Answer of the Buddha, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 1989.