ABSTRACT
In Raimundo Panikkar's vision the cosmotheandric principle expresses the fundamental structure of reality in terms of intimate interaction of God, humankind and the world or cosmos. With Catholic theology Panikkar affirms that the Logos or Christ has been incarnated in Jesus of Nazareth. Panikkar takes very seriously the function of the doctrine of the Trinity for interfaith dialogue, thus differing radically from John Hick and most other pluralists. He firmly believes that the idea of the Trinity is not a specifically Christian idea, but that it can be found in all religions though taking various forms. Panikkar posits three different yet complementary spiritualities among world religions. The first he calls 'iconolatry' or the path in which the karma, the icon or image serves as the focus for religious practice. The second spirituality is 'personalism', a way of devotion. The third one is 'mysticism': it desires unitive knowledge with the divine forgetfulness of self. Its temptation is indifference to the world.
