Table of Contents Introduction: Bhakti-Karuna-Agape David Goicoechea Bhakti-Karuna-Agape: An Inter-Cultural Challenge Raimundo Panikkar Bhakti--The Twine in the Spectrum Debabrata Sinha A Scheme For Receiving Bhakti And Agape:--Two Forms of Love--Into Thought John G. Arapura Song of the Lord: Aria or Duet? Richard S. G. Brown Love and Knowledge in The Bhagavad Gita Martin Andic The Passion of Arjuna Charles Elliott Vernoff The Nature of Buddhist Compassion: Karuna Kenneth K. Inada Karuna and the Theandric Experience: A Hermaneutic of the Transition from Theravada to Mahayana John R. A. Mayer The Mahayana Buddhist Pantheon: A Phenomenology of Divine Love Richard A. Berg Compassion at The Crossroads: Schopenhauer on The Basis of Morality Timothy J. Madigan Art, Religion and the Shift of Consciousness: An Issue of Satisfaction Stephen Frost The Spirit and the Bride Say �Come�: Continuing a Hindu-Christian Dialogue Katherine K. Young Love Stronger than Death and Panikkar�s �And�: (Jesus - Arjuna - Thich Nhat Hanh) David Goicoechea Agape and Spontaneity: An Exploration of Panikkar�s Approach Young-chan Ro Panikkar�s Three Worlds: A Personal Introduction Scott Eastham Author Information Raimundo Panikkar was born in Spain to a Catholic mother and Hindu father. He has long specialized in the dialogue between Christianity and Asian religions. Of his first trip from Europe to India, Panikkar once wrote: "I left as a Christian, I found myself a Hindu, and I return as a Buddhist, without ever having ceased to be a Christian." He studied chemistry and philosophy at the Universities of Barcelona, Bonn and Madrid, and Catholic Theology in Madrid and Rome. He holds doctorates in philosophy, science and theology and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1946. His best known books include The Cosmotheadric Experience (Orbis, 1993) and The Infra-religious Dialogue (Paulist, 1978). Marko Zlomislic was born in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1966 and moved to Canada with his parents in 1970. He currently teaches philosophy at Conestoga College, Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Kitchener, Canada. He is the editor of Joyful Wisdom: A Journal for Postmodern Ethics and has recently published Jacques Derrida's Aporetic Ethics (Lexington Books, 2007). David Goicoechea is an emeritus professor in philosophy at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. He obtained his BA at St. Thomas Seminary and his PHD at Loyola Universty, Chicago. He is the editor of The Nature and Pursuit of Love Prometheus Books, 1995) and is a long-standing member of and contributor to the Kierkegaard Circle.