Wayne Teasdale is a Christian sannyasi, that is, someone who follows both the Christian and Hindu contemplative paths. He was a friend and disciple of the Benedictine monk Bede Griffiths who headed Shantivanam, a Christian-Hindu ashram in India. This wide-ranging interview, taped at Hundred Acres Monastery in New Hampshire, describes the history of the Christian-Hindu dialogue in India, the work of Bede Griffiths, and tackles the difficult question of the relationship between Hindu and Christian mystical experience. Format: straight interview with several insertions of photographs taken at Shantivanam. Wayne Teasdale died on Oct. 20, 2004 at the age of 59.