Over four decades now, among large immigrant nations, Canada has taken both thought leadership and first-mover status in implementing government policy for public emphasis and promotion of multiculturalism. This course presents the suitability of the Narayana Philosophy (NPHIL) model for educating and informing emerging cosmopolitan societies on respectful multicultural coexistence.

1. NPHIL
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June 2013
‘Multicultural Coexistence’
The NPHIL Model

2. Background
Over four decades now, among large immigrant nations, Canada has
taken both thought leadership and first-mover status in implementing
government policy for public emphasis and promotion of multiculturalism.
This course presents the suitability and applicability of the Narayana
Philosophy (NPHIL) model for educating and informing emerging
cosmopolitan societies on respectful multicultural coexistence.
These slides provide a synoptic overview of the course offered by NPHIL
Canada for delivery, ideally through Multicultural Centres, across Canada.

3. Course Synopsis
This course in ‘Multicultural Coexistence’ augments the Canadian model
of multiculturalism, applying the turn of the 20th
century framework of
Narayana Guru’s philosophical postulations for human equality and
socially productive and progressive coexistence, in full acceptance of the
inevitable cultural diversity in world societies.
The Narayana Philosophy (NPHIL) model applies both natural sciences and
social sciences as bases to identify and justify the underlying commonness
across time acquired racial, religious and other cultural diversity in
humankind.
Canada’s thought leadership in multiculturalism programming is
methodically aligned into this course for educating and informing the
general public, using the NPHIL model as scientific reasoning and a
compelling social cause for promoting multicultural coexistence.

4. The NPHIL model is a phased educative, inquiring and enlightening
methodical framework for cross-cultural awareness and understanding.
The model provides a toolkit with pointers to learning the various cultural
transformations and value systems, followed by subjective analyses of
various socio-cultural archetypes, leading to the objective understanding
of the need for intercultural brotherhood for harmonious civic existence.
NPHIL Model Overview
Stage 2
Values
Inquiry
Transformation
Exposure
Stage 1
Subjective
Analyses
Stage 3
Objective
Realization
Stage 4
Note: The model and its components are subject to change in its continuous feedback and improvement cycle.
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5. Narayana Guru
As the most notable philosopher of
egalitarianism, a prolific poet and a
spiritual master of pre-independent India,
Narayana Guru expounded a social vision
of human equality set far ahead of his
times (AD 1856-1928).
In 1921 Narayana Guru convened the
Conference of Universal Brotherhood in
Aluva, Kochi (British India). Again in 1924
he conducted the first All Religions
Conference (Parliament of World
Religions) in the precincts of his spiritual
abode, the Advaita Ashram in Aluva.
Narayana Guru’s tenets of human equality
and multicultural coexistence amply
demonstrate that his philosophy was
intended to benefit many generations to
come.

6. Course Information
Target trainee audience:
Trainers at multicultural centres, champions of multiculturalism in
government and social organisations, students of multiculturalism and
other interest groups from the general public.
Duration:
Basic introductory overview – 4 hours.
Full course is delivered over 2 days (14 hours).
Course Contact:
Email: info@nphil.org

7. Course Information
Target trainee audience:
Trainers at multicultural centres, champions of multiculturalism in
government and social organisations, students of multiculturalism and
other interest groups from the general public.
Duration:
Basic introductory overview – 4 hours.
Full course is delivered over 2 days (14 hours).
Course Contact:
Email: info@nphil.org