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Spiritual discernment, called viveka khyātir in Sanskrit, is said to be the "crowning wisdom" on the spiritual path.
Mariana Caplan, Ph.D.: Is Guru a Four-Letter Word?: The Need for Discernment on the Spiritual Path 2010
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Spiritual discernment, called viveka khyātir in Sanskrit, is said to be the "crowning wisdom" on the spiritual path.
Mariana Caplan, Ph.D.: Is Guru a Four-Letter Word?: The Need for Discernment on the Spiritual Path 2010
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Spiritual discernment, called viveka khyātir in Sanskrit, is said to be the "crowning wisdom" on the spiritual path.
Mariana Caplan, Ph.D.: Is Guru a Four-Letter Word?: The Need for Discernment on the Spiritual Path 2010
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The three words used here are vichara, viveka, and vitarka.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Abstention (viveka) means keeping the body clean from all food, impure either owing to species (such as the flesh of certain animals), or abode (such as food belonging to a Kândâla or the like), or accidental cause (such as food into which a hair or the like has fallen).
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
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Vâkyakâra also declares that steady remembrance results only from abstention, and so on; his words being 'This (viz. steady remembrance = meditation) is obtained through abstention (viveka), freeness of mind
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
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But the actual work of insight and detachment (viveka-vairagya) is yours.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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But I don't think I can endure three more films of this mediocrity. viveka Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11: 04 AM EST
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But I don't think I can endure three more films of this mediocrity. viveka Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11: 04 AM EST
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September 15th, 2008 at 1: 54 pm viveka, the regressive portion of the US tax regime is payroll tax; for example,
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