HINDUISM - THE DHARMA OF INDIA

By the dharma of Hinduism we mean its spirituality. This volume includes a whole book on this subject. But what do we mean by Hinduism?
To write about Hinduism in an understandable way will start from the fundamental experience by which Man is Man and not a cat, a tree, or a stone, even if he is in deep relation to them. Without this fundamental human experience (which we have frequently covered up by the encrustations of civilization and the dust of history) there is the risk of not interpreting other religions correctly. The first step toward avoiding this risk is to respect what have been called the golden hermeneutic rule, that is, that what is interpreted recognizes itself in the interpretation. If Jews or Shintoists are described in a way in which they cannot recognize themselves, it means that the description is not correct.
The first section includes the book of the same title, The Dharma of Hinduism, in which the dharma is described not only as a real ontological order but also as a system which is extrinsic to the nature of things.
The second section consists in various articles on Indian theology and philosophy while the third concentrates more on present day problems and the important role which India could play in the world of today as an alternative to technological society so long as it does not become overwhelmed and is able to be inspired by its ancestral richness for a new civilization. A hitherto unpublished essay (Indra’s Cunning), which I wrote many years ago but was unable to finish yet feel is still valid from this perspective, is also included.

INDEX OF ORIGINAL TEXTS IN VOLUME IV, Part 2

(Books in bold and italic)

Introduction. Original article El espíritu del hinduismo, in «Religión y cultura», XLI, 192, Madrid (1995), pp. 21-32. Text partly revised. Translated by Carla Ros

The dharma of Hinduism. Original book:. Espiritualidad hindú. Sanātana dharma, Kairós, Barcelona 2005; Translated by David Morris.

Hermeneutics of Tradition in Hinduism: Sur l’herméneutique de la tradition dans l’Hindouisme. Pour un dialogue avec le Christianisme, in E. Castelli (ed.) Ermeneutica e tradizione (Archivio di Filosofia, 1-2), Roma 1963, pp. 343-370; further incorporated in R. Panikkar, Kerygma und Indien. Zur heilsgeschichtlichen Problematik der christlichen Begegnung mit Indien, Reich, Hamburg 1967, chap. 3. Translated from German by Horace Jeffery Hodges

Some Phenomenological Aspects of Today’s Hindu Spirituality: in R. Panikkar, Maya e Apocalisse. Abete, Roma 1966, cap. 1. Translated by Geraldine Clarkson

Discovering the Foundation of the Indic Philosophy for a New Orientation: in R. Panikkar, Maya e Apocalisse, Abete, Roma 1966, chap. 2. Translated by Geraldine Clarkson

Creation in Indic Metaphysics: in R. Panikkar, Maya e Apocalisse. Abete, Roma 1966, chap. 3. Translated by Geraldine Clarkson

The Foundation of Hermeneutic Pluralism in Hinduism. Original text Le fondement du pluralisme herméneutique dans l’hindouisme, in Demitizzazione e immagine, edited by E. Castelli, CEDAM, Padova 1962, pp. 243-269.

The Fragment and the Part. An Indic Reflection. Original text Il frammento e la parte. Una riflessione indica, in «Concilium», 271 (1997), pp. 118-127.

Indra’s Cunning. The Challenge of Modernity. The Indic Experiment. New pubblication, Edited by Francis D’Sa.

The Vitality and Role of Indian Philosophy Today, in «Indian Philosophical Quartely», Poona, V/4 (1978), pp. 673-692. Published also in Homenaje a India. Volumen conmemorativo del cincuenta aniversario de su independencia, Grupo de Investigación Asia, Madrid 1997, pp. 115-123.

The Challenge of Modernity, in «India International Centre Quarterly: Perceiving India», New Delhi, 20 (1993), pp. 183-192.