This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to French
  3. Religion

bare attention

French translation: l'attention pure

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:bare attention
French translation:l'attention pure
Entered by: FX Fraipont (X)

22:01 Apr 30, 2012
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion / Buddhism
English term or phrase: bare attention
Buddhism’s central characteristic is the state of “bare attention” – in the words of the Buddhist author and monk Nyanaponika Thera, “a clear and single-minded awareness of what actually happens to us and in us, at successive moments of perception.”

Does anyone know what expression is used in French?
"Attention nue", "attention pure"...? I have found those 2 phrases on the web but I am not sure what the reliable sources in this area might be, so I would appreciate your help if you know the subject. Many thanks!
Eve Lasserre
France
Local time: 05:47
l'attention pure
Explanation:
"L'anthropologue et l'esthétique: un anthropologue observe les arts ... - Google Books Result
http://books.google.com/books?isbn=2864241587...Jacques Jérôme Pierre Maquet - 1993 - Philosophy - 303 pages
L'attention pure est la conscience claire et concentrée de ce qui nous arrive et se passe véritablement en nous aux ... L'esprit * Nyanaponika Thera, 1962 : 30."
Selected response from:

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 05:47
Grading comment
Thank you for your expertise. With the reference to Nyanaponika Thera in the text, it seems a good idea to choose this option. It also seems the most precise one.



Summary of answers provided
4 +1pratique de l'attention
Emiliano Pantoja
4 +1l'attention pure
FX Fraipont (X)
4vigilance
Germaine
3Stricte attention
CHAKIB ROULA (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pratique de l'attention


Explanation:
Simplement pratique bouddhiste de l'attention

Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
Local time: 05:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jeannoz
39 mins
  -> Thanks
neutral  Giunia Totaro: En fait, ce n'est pas précis car il existe plusieurs types de "pratiques de l'attention" ("sati") dans le bouddhisme, dont l' "anapanasati" (attention portée sur la respiration)
18 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Stricte attention


Explanation:
Une suggestion.

CHAKIB ROULA (X)
Algeria
Local time: 04:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
l'attention pure


Explanation:
"L'anthropologue et l'esthétique: un anthropologue observe les arts ... - Google Books Result
http://books.google.com/books?isbn=2864241587...Jacques Jérôme Pierre Maquet - 1993 - Philosophy - 303 pages
L'attention pure est la conscience claire et concentrée de ce qui nous arrive et se passe véritablement en nous aux ... L'esprit * Nyanaponika Thera, 1962 : 30."

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 05:47
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 75
Grading comment
Thank you for your expertise. With the reference to Nyanaponika Thera in the text, it seems a good idea to choose this option. It also seems the most precise one.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giunia Totaro: Oui. Dans le bouddhisme, c'est le "satipatthana".
11 hrs
  -> merci!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

3 days 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vigilance


Explanation:
En m'appuyant sur ce qui suit, je crois que "bare attention" = (état de) vigilance:

By bare attention we understand the clear and single-minded awareness of what actually happens to us and in us, at the successive moments of perception. It is called "bare" because it attends to the bare facts of a perception without reacting to them by deed, speech or mental comment... Bare attention then becomes the key to the meditative practice of satipatthana, opening the door to mind's mastery and final liberation.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel...

Finalement, le plus important c’est de garder la vigilance (la Juste vigilance est l’un des 8 Sentiers de la Sagesse enseignés par le Bouddha), c’est d’être pleinement conscient de tous ses actes. C’est la vigilance, la pleine conscience qui nous permet de garder le contact direct avec la réalité, qui permet de voir les choses telles qu’elles sont, et non pas cachées par des pensées, préjugés, projets, souvenirs, et émotions de toutes sortes…
http://www.buddhaline.net/La-meditation-bouddhique-une-voie

Pour clarifier les termes : sati en Pali, est l’équivalent de smrti en Sanskrit et dran-pa en Tibétain qui est traduit par vigilance, attention ou souvenir ; upatthana en Pali est l’équivalent de upasthana en Sanskrit et nye-bar-bzhag-pa en Tibétain qui est traduit par « établir », « adhérer à », « garder présent » ou « entrer dans ». Quand les deux mots sont conjoints, la voyelle « u » du début est abandonnée, ce qui donne : sati-patthana : établissement de la vigilance…
Cette dernière instruction de méditer sur les quatre nobles vérités est en réalité le point culminant de la vigilance tournée vers les dharmas. Selon Gampopa, dans le Précieux Ornement de la libération (chapitre 18), la compréhension des quatre nobles vérités prend place sur le chemin de la Jonction13 comme effet d’avoir établi une vigilance profonde et vaste.
http://www.awakeningtosanity.net/uploads/teachings/Mindfulln...

Vigilance : Attention soutenue à veiller sur quelqu'un ou quelque chose; surveillance attentive, sans défaillance. - TLFI
Attention : Tension de l’esprit vers un objet à l’exclusion de tout autre. Application, concentration. - TLFI

Germaine
Canada
Local time: 23:47
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search