Harmony Unveiled
Launched at the Parliament of Victoria, Australia
The second edition of “Harmony Unveiled – Sree Narayana Guru’s Blueprint for World Peace and Harmony”, authored jointly by Dr Sureshkumar Madhusudhanan and Dr Prakash Divakaran, was unveiled at the Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, during the All Religions Centenary Conference.
The book was released by Hon Lee Tarlamis OAM MP, Chief Government Whip of the Victorian Parliament, in the presence of Dr Shashi Tharoor MP, Chandy Oommen MLA, Swami Sachidananda (President, Sivagiri Mutt), and Swami Shubangananda (Secretary, Sivagiri Mutt), His Eminence Mykola Cardinal Bychok, Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Catholics, Imam Hysni Mejra, Albanian Muslim Society of Shepparton.
The book’s first edition was released at the Vatican during the World Parliament of Religions in the august presence of His Holiness Pope Francis on November 29, 2024. The book has since found a proud place in the libraries of Cambridge, Oxford, and other leading universities, symbolising the global relevance of Sree Narayana Guru’s timeless philosophy of peace, harmony, and universal brotherhood.
The book talks about the complexities of the human world and moral crises faced by humans, like countless other books of philosophy that the world has seen. But unlike most of the books, Harmony Unveiled delves into the complexities of humans with simplified lines having no long-winded structures, as explained by Sree Narayana Guru, for a solution. The teaching of the Saint was the simplified diction of the complicated creation of the universe with unmatched elements of energy. Once the integral part of what may be termed complex is understood, its complexities evaporate.
The authors have discovered the solution exactly through the teachings of the Guru. Complexities emerge from nothing but ignorance and misunderstanding. Ignorance deepens the mystery of every creed and practice, and misunderstanding stops us from reaching the truth. The social reform is possible only through removing ignorance prevailing equally among the privileged and the discriminated, and that is possible only through providing quality education universally.
What every action of the modern human world ultimately connotes is the welfare of the entire human world. The new world is driven by the fast exchange of information and dissemination of knowledge, which makes our lives easy, happier, and keeps us interconnected with each other without discrimination.
In that context, what the authors say in the book at the concluding part of Chapter 28 (Page 117) is correct. They have said: “Sree Narayana Guru’s teachings are not merely a call for social reform but a profound invitation to embrace our collective humanity. His vision of a harmonious world, where individuals are valued for their intrinsic worth rather than their social status or caste, continues to inspire and guide those who seek a just and equitable society. In a time when divisions threaten to undermine our shared existence, the Guru’s message of peace, compassion, and unity is more relevant than ever, reminding us that the true path to freedom lies not in conflict but in our ability to come together as one global family.”
Today, the world is one. The new world has ironed out all discrimination. What Guru said prophetically once is a reality today, as those once socially discriminated could themselves be integrated with an unequivocal harmony into the modern society. Guru’s call for universal humanity in a peaceful and equitable world thereby becomes a universal call of all denominations. The book first explains the broad philosophy of the Guru and slowly breaks into the nucleus of His teachings to snip out the essentials for the modern world to embrace. A book with a message larger than its size is also a reading sweetener.
