Raimon Panikkar

Raimon Panikkar Alemany, also known as Raimundo Panikkar and Raymond Panikkar (November 2, 1918 – August 26, 2010), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a proponent of Interfaith dialogue. As a scholar, he specialized in comparative religion.

Quotes

• The Vedic experience may perhaps disclose, not an alternative to the modern view of life and the world .... but an already existing, although often hidden, dimension of Man himself.
  • Johnsen, Linda The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism p. 54, as quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture

• The Vedic experience introduces nothing alien to modern man but helps him to realize his own life and emphasizes an often neglected aspect of his own being. In this sense, the Vedas occupy a privileged position in the crystallized culture of man. They are neither primitive nor modern. Not being primitive, they present a depth, a critical awareness, and a sophistication not shown by many other ancient cultures. Not being modern, they exhale a fragrance and present an appeal that the merely modern does not possess.
  • Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak, and David Frawley. - In search of the cradle of civilization _ new light on ancient India-Quest Books (2011)