Like DQ is the north pole, and sq is the needle, right? John
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:04 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.) > > > ------------- > > 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) > > ------------- > > > 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) > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
