Question: Is religion indispensable for our Self-realisation?
Sri Chinmoy: Everything within us that is good is responsible for Self-realisation. But if you ask what is indispensable, then I will say that only one thing is indispensable and that is our inner cry, our constant, inmost cry.
Sri Chinmoy, Flame-Waves, part 6, Agni Press, 1976