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Sri Chinmoy was interviewed on Radio Station WHOA, San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 10 December 1967. From 9:30 to 10:30 A.M.
- Introduction to Radio Interview
- Mr. George Riddell: One of the first questions that comes to us: there is evidently a very sacred note in that chant and I was wondering if you might interpret it for us in English, to know what it was about.
- Mr. George Riddell: Typical themes like that seem to run through all religious hymns and chants and now that you mention "Vedic", I wonder if Yoga itself is a part of another religion of India or is it a religion in itself?
- Mr. George Riddell: Do you meditate or do you pray? In Yoga, how do you communicate with God?
- Mr. George Riddell: Some of the other members here may have some questions that they wish to ask and I think we should start with the ladies first. Miss Carmen Suro may have a question.
- Mr. Jim Knight: One question has interested me. Everybody in all religions tries to relate himself to God and I wonder, Sri Chinmoy, if you could give us a short explanation of what Yoga says of God. What is God and what is the relationship between God and man?
- Mr. George Riddell: Now, according to Yoga, when your physical being ceases to exist or when you do what we call "die", what happens to your spiritual self?
- Mr. George Riddell: Speaking of reincarnation, this brings to mind the idea of the wheel of Karma. Now on the wheel of Karma, a person or a soul is reincarnated in human form. Or can he be reincarnated in other forms?
- Question: Master, am I correct in saying that we who are believers in God must grow in Grace daily?
- Mr. George Riddell: Listen, that last one is definitely in line with much of Christian preaching and I find that what you say is very similar to the pronouncements of the Christian churches. I am not familiar with the Moslem or the Hebrew religion, but it seems to go through all religion and probably through the Hindu religion in India and various other religions throughout the East.
