{"id":4559,"date":"2019-07-17T04:10:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T08:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2019-07-17T04:10:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T08:10:54","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-viveka-and-buddhi-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/what-is-the-difference-between-viveka-and-buddhi-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between Viveka and Buddhi Yoga?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Question<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is the difference between Viveka and Buddhi Yoga?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/venugitaforgundica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/venugitaforgundica-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/venugitaforgundica-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/venugitaforgundica.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Answer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll write a more detailed dissertation on the term viveka, it\u2019s various meanings and the relationship with Buddhi Yoga in my next book.<\/p>\n<p>For now briefly:<br \/>\nViveka means analisys or discrimination and buddhi means intelligence.<br \/>\nTherefore viveka is one of the capacities, or actions, of buddhi.<\/p>\n<p>When one utilizes his intelligence (buddhi) in an analytical way (viveka) to get liberation (yoga), then it becomes Buddhi Yoga. Without Yoga, or Bhakti, Buddhi is only material intelligence and it will not lead you anywhere. It becomes spiritual when it is utilized for Yoga.<\/p>\n<p>Best way to utilize one\u2019s intelligence to get liberation and then pure devotion is to study the Vedas, trying to understand philosophy and developing taste for hearing about spiritual stories.<\/p>\n<p>When we become attracted to Krishna Katha, which is the food to make buddhi strong, then our interest for Maya decreases down to zero.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Manonatha Dasa (ACBSP)<br \/>\n17 Jul 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Question What is the difference between Viveka and Buddhi Yoga? &nbsp; Answer I\u2019ll write a more detailed dissertation on the term viveka, it\u2019s various meanings and the relationship with Buddhi Yoga in my next book. &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/what-is-the-difference-between-viveka-and-buddhi-yoga\/\" aria-label=\"What is the difference between Viveka and Buddhi Yoga?\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 10:02:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}