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attention

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term attention

Referenced by:
consideration (alternative term)
paying attention (alternative term)
take to mind (alternative term)
taking to mind (alternative term)
Tibetan yid-la byed-pa
Sanskrit manasi
Pali
Definition The ever-functioning mental factor that engages mental activity with a specific cognitive object. The cognitive engagement may be merely to pay some level of attention to the object (strong or weak), or to focus on the object in a certain way (painstakingly, effortlessly, etc.), or to consider the object in a certain way (concordantly or discordantly). Also called: paying attention, consideration, take to mind, taking to mind.

TRANSLATION (Italian)

Translation attenzione
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

German Aufmerksamkeit
Spanish atención
French attention (mentale)
Italian attenzione
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... mental engagement; mental application; mental contemplation; mental activity
Russian внимание