The Influence Of Tarkaśāstra Proficiency In The Internal And Interfaith Dialogue Nowadays

Ni Kadek Surpi (Institut Hindu Dharma Negeri Denpasar)

Vidyottama Sanatana: International Journal of Hindu Science and Religious Studies
Vol 3, No 2 (2019)

Proficiency in Tarkaśāstra, philosophy, and theology dramatically influences the ability to run dialogue both internally and between religious communities. Besides that, the ability to think critically and established arguments, dialogue, debate, and discussion are the central knowledge in darśana. Hindu thinkers master the Tarka-Vāda and can dialogue with followers of Sanatana Dharma and other believers. The expertise of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya and other Hindu thinkers in the field of Tarka-Vāda is essential today in the Dharmapracāraka, teachers, Hindu intellectuals, academics, and Hindu devotees. Also, the mastery of the Tarka-Vada as an effort to support the science of communication (Vakya Vidya) in the Hindu tree of knowledge and glorify Vācaspati.