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NN School of Theology at Clare on Panikkar Ie Dw iolitare Place for Wisdom ©) The Library of the CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 1325 North College Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-3199 1/800-626-7820 CLARE MONT ianyhn taig aa, aal w mey pele.n 9,e tne , A Dwelling Place for Wisdom Dp 135 P Alel3 y AA be, A Dwelling Place for Wisdom Raimon Panikkar Translated by Annemarie S. Kidder Westminster/John Knox Press Louisville, Kentucky LIBRARY CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 1325 N. COLLEGE AVE. CLAREMONT, CA 91711-3199 © 1993 Raimon Panikkar All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, record- ing, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Westminster/John Knox Press, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1396. The major portion of this text was originally published in German as Der Weisheit eine Wohnung Bereiten (Munich: Késel Verlag, 1991). Book design by Laura Lee First edition This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39.48 standard. Published by Westminster/John Knox Press Louisville, Kentucky PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA a Ra ateY X ER ar a | Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Panikkar, Raimundo [Weisheit eine Wohnung bereiten. English] A dwelling place for wisdom / Raimon Panikkar ; translated by Annemarie S. Kidder. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-664-25362-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Life. 2. Wisdom. 3. Religions. 4. Philosophy, Comparative. 5. Tradi- tion (Philosophy) 6. Self (Philosophy) 7. Christianity and other religions— Hinduism. 8. Hinduism—Relations—Christianity. I. Title. BD435.P2613 1993 128—dc20 92-19450 Contents Preface I. Preparing a Dwelling Place for Wisdom Wisdom A Dwelling Place 13 Preparing 19 Questions and Answers on Wisdom 26 Quaternitas Perfecta: The Fourfold Nature of Man 31 First Center: Earth and Body 35 Second Center: Water and Self 42 Third Center: Fire and Being 51 Fourth Center: Air and Spirit 58 Questions and Answers on the “Perfect Fourfoldness”’ 70 Il. Philosophy as Life-style it 82 About the Person 88 The Wisdom of Love 92 The Existential Venture 94 The Intellectual Burden 99 Spiritual Freedom Questions and Answers on Life-style 99 Trisangam: Jordan, Tiber, and Ganges 109 109 The Dilemma Five Epochs of Christian History 114 Lessons Learned from History 118 121 Methodological Principles Three Geo-Theological Moments 122 Contents Dialogue Between a Hindu-Vedantin and a Christian Theologian 129 Three Attitudes: Christendom, Christianity, Christianness 134 Three Problems 140 Conclusions 150 The Cosmotheandric Christ 152 ThisI sY ou: Questions and Answers in Summary 153 161 Abbreviations 163 Notes Glossary 171 Sources 179 vi
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