{"id":4912,"date":"2025-11-20T08:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/?page_id=4912"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:31:25","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Raimon Panikkar Alemany was born in 1918 in Barcelona of a Spanish Catholic mother and an Indian Hindu father. He held degrees in chemistry, philosophy and theology and was ordinated a Catholic priest in 1946. He delivered courses and lectures in major European, Indian and American Universities. He was professor of Comparative Religions at Harvard University (1967-1971) and at the University of Santa Barbara, California (1971-1987). Since 1987 he lived in the mountains of Catalunya (Tavertet) where he continued his contemplative experience and cultural activities until his death (2010). There he founded and presided over the intercultural center Vivarium, now heir of his intellectual rights and in charge of the publication of his Opera Omnia in many languages.<\/p>

Please note – No biography of Raimon Panikkar was ever authorised by him. Any published biography would be not only \u201cunauthorised\u201d but, more importantly, contrary to the wishes of Panikkar\u00a0
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Some information and an autobiographical narrative of his life can be found in the video interview My Life<\/em> >><\/a><\/strong><\/p>

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\u2981 <\/span>Raimon Panikkar\u2019s fourfold identity >><\/strong><\/a><\/p>

\u2981<\/span> A multicultural and multireligious origin. From
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\u2981<\/span> India. Christian-Hindu-Buddhist symbiosis. Meeting
Monchanin and Le Saux (1955-1966) >><\/a><\/strong><\/p>

\u2981<\/span> University teaching in California (1966-1987)\u00a0>><\/a><\/strong><\/p>

\u2981<\/span> The return to his Catalan roots to complete his vital cycle >><\/strong><\/a><\/p>

\u2981<\/span> Raimon Panikkar: writing as a lifestyle\u00a0>><\/a><\/strong><\/p>

\u2981<\/span> Several Panikkars or a continuity within diversity?\u00a0>><\/strong><\/a><\/p>

\u2981<\/span> Panikkar as a lecturer\u00a0>><\/strong><\/a><\/p>

\u2981<\/span> The return to the Source\u00a0>><\/strong><\/a><\/p>

\u2981<\/span> The intellectual legacy >><\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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Laudatio<\/em> of Raimon Panikkar Alemany, held during the solemn academic ceremony of his investiture as Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Girona, presented by Prof. Josep-Maria Terricabras, University of Girona (Spain) Sponsor of the new Doctor >><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Structure<\/strong> (Italian edition) >><\/a><\/strong><\/p>

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Recent publication in Italian<\/strong><\/p>

Raimon Panikkar, F\u00ebdor Dostoevskij<\/span>\u00a0Il grande inquisitore,<\/span><\/i><\/strong>\u00a0Milano (Jaca Book) 2026<\/span>
To mark the jubilee, Jaca Book has published<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong>this<\/span>\u00a0short but powerful story that Panikkar wrote in 2000 as a continuation of Dostoevsky\u2019s legend and as a reflection of criticism and hope.<\/span><\/p>

Upcoming publications in 2026<\/strong><\/p>

Raimon Panikkar,\u00a0Aforismi<\/i><\/b><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Jaca Book, Milan, Italy \u00a0(January).
<\/span>Aforismos<\/b><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(in Catalan and Spanish),\u00a0<\/span>Fragmenta Editorial, Barcelona, Spain (May).<\/span><\/div>
Aphorisms <\/b><\/i>(<\/span>in English),\u00a0<\/span>Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, India\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div>

In addition to the Opera Omnia and to his diaries which he faithfully kept almost throughout his entire lifetime, from 1929 to 2009, Panikkar was accustomed to writing short notes on what he referred to as his \u2018cards\u2019. These are actual aphorisms<\/em>, written on subjects ranging from philosophy to meditation, from art to freedom of thought, from mysticism as a human dimension to provocation aimed at those who separate doctrine from life.<\/div>

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PANIKKAR PRIZE 2022
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\u201cAny Panikkar\u201d 2018 >><\/strong><\/a>
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LIFE \u201cI started as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without having ceased to be a Christian\u201d BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Raimon Panikkar Alemany was born in 1918 in Barcelona of a Spanish Catholic mother and an Indian Hindu father. He held degrees in chemistry, philosophy and theology and was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4912","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4912"}],"version-history":[{"count":228,"href":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7388,"href":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4912\/revisions\/7388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raimon-panikkar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}