My main point for posting these quotes was simply to present the fact that
within the MoQ DQ (ultimate truth) is the fundamental nature of sq
(conventional truth.)
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As noted above, Pirsig uses the term ‘Dynamic Quality’ (to denote the
continually changing flux of immediate reality) and ‘static quality’ (for any
pattern that appears long enough to be abstracted from this flux). ‘Static
quality’ refers to anything that can be conceptualised and is a synonym for the
conditioned in Buddhist philosophy.
(McWatt,Anthony, 'MoQ Textbook)
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On Oct 13, 2010, at 1:32 AM, MarshaV wrote:
>
> Below it state that the fundemental nature of static quality is Dynamic
> Quality:
>
>
>
> Moreover, Nagarjuna (1966, p.251) shares Pirsig’s perception that the
> indeterminate (or Dynamic) is the fundamental nature of the conditioned (or
> static):
>
> In their ultimate nature things are devoid of conditionedness
> and contingency belongs to this level. This very truth is revealed
> by also saying that all things ultimately enter the indeterminate
> dharma or that within the heart of every conditioned entity (as its
> core, as its true essence, as its very real nature) there is the
> indeterminate dharma. While the one expresses the transcendence
> of the ultimate reality, the other speaks of its immanence. The one
> says that the ultimate reality is not an entity apart and wholly
> removed from the determinate, but is the real nature of the
> determinate itself.
>
> Nagarjuna and Pirsig also have a similar recognition of two types of truth;
> the ‘static’ conventional truth (sammuti-sacca) and the ‘Dynamic’ ultimate
> truth (paramattha-sacca).
>
> (Mcwatt,Anthony, 'MoQ Textbook)
>
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