vicara in a sentence

1. The first jhana consists in seeing these points and in the presence of vitakka and vicara.

2. Alertness combined with ardency turns into another concentration factor: vicara, or “evaluation.”

3. In Pali, these thoughts and comments are called vitakka — directed thought, and vicara, evaluation.

4. This concentration of our attention upon ourself is the practice of ātma-vicāra – self-investigation, self-examination, self-scrutiny or self-enquiry – which Sri Ramana taught as the only means by which we can experience true non-dual self-knowledge.

5. This concentration of our attention upon our Self is the practice of ātma-vicāra – Self-Investigation, Self-Examination, Self-Scrutiny or Self-Inquiry – which Sri Ramana taught as the only means by which we can experience True Non-Dual Self-Knowledge.