Question: Can the study of philosophy also promote spiritual progress?

Sri Chinmoy: The real inner progress, the heart’s progress, does not depend on the study of philosophy. Philosophy encourages us or stimulates us, but the real inner progress, love of God or implicit faith in God, philosophy does not or cannot supply us with. For that, spirituality must come into being. So philosophy as such cannot bring about spiritual progress because real spirituality is far beyond the domain of philosophy.