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'''''Viveka''''' ({{lang-sa|[[wikt:विवेक#Sanskrit|विवेक]]|viveka}}) is a [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]] term translated into English as [[discernment]] or discrimination.<ref>[[Discrimination learning]] refers to learning to distinguish.</ref> According to [[Koneru Ramakrishna Rao|Rao]] and Paranjpe, ''viveka'' can be explained more fully as:<br />
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Sense of discrimination; wisdom; discrimination between the [[Satya|real]] and the unreal, between the self and the non-self, between the permanent and the impermanent; discriminative inquiry; right intuitive discrimination; ever present discrimination between the transient and the permanent.<ref name=raop2016>{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=K. Ramakrishna |author-link1=Koneru Ramakrishna Rao |last2=Paranjpe |first2=Anand C. |title=Psychology in the Indian Tradition |date=2016 |isbn=978-81-322-2440-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4KBCgAAQBAJ}}</ref>{{rp|348}}<br />
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The [[Vivekachudamani]] is an eighth-century Sanskrit poem in dialogue form that addresses the development of ''viveka''. Within the Vedanta tradition, there is also a concept of [[Vichara (Hinduism)|vichara]] which is one type of ''viveka''.<br />
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Viveka is the basis of the monastic name of [[Swami Vivekananda]], the first [[Hindu]] spiritual teacher to journey to the west.<br />
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