Abstract
Transformative harmony is not the end of tension but its benevolent expression. It is the pragmatic quest for balance between the two polarities of culture, one that is more inward-looking and centralized and the other that is more resilient and receptive to learning. Harmony without dynamism is stasis. Harmony as an element of social process is a normative goal that calls for social actors to reflect on their actions and their effects on the world around them. The paper finds the notion of prama suggested by Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar to be particularly fruitful in that Prama suggests that all action is a mix of the static (tamasik), mutative (rajasik) and subtle (sattvik).