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Sanskrit and Pali term for discernment or discrimination
For the Tamil-language lyricist, see Viveka (lyricist).
Viveka (Sanskrit: विवेक, romanized: viveka) is a Sanskrit and Pali term translated into English as discernment or discrimination. In the Vedanta, viveka is considered to be the first requirement of the spiritual journey, the next being vairagya (detachment), as a natural extension of viveka.[1] Advaita Vedanta Darshana interprets viveka as discrimination between the real (Satya) and the unreal (asatya). Visistadvaita Vedanta Darshana interprets viveka as discrimination of food.
- ^ The Vedanta Kesari. Sri Ramakrishna Math. 1992.