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5.5. NAGARJUNA
The similarity between Pirsig’s work and Nagarjuna’s is striking. Though
scholars now think the name ‘Nagarjuna’ tends to refer to events that happened
to more than one person, there definitely was a philosopher of that name in the
second century C.E. His principal philosophical work was the Madhyamakakarika.
Williams (1989, p.55) notes that ‘Nagarjuna is the first great name in Buddhist
thought since the Buddha, and for that reason (among others) he is sometimes
referred to as the ‘second Buddha’.’
In addition to the Dynamic Quality viewpoint of the MOQ corresponding to what
Nagarjuna terms sunyata (i.e. the indeterminate or the world of Buddhas),181
the static quality viewpoint of the MOQ also corresponds to sunyavada (i.e. the
conditioned component or world of maya)182 of Nagarjuna. Sunyavada describes
the all conceptions of reality including metaphysical views, ideals, religious
beliefs, hopes and ambitions; in other words, using MOQ terminology, static
quality patterns.183
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, 'An Introduction to Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of
Quality', 2005, p102)
On Mar 28, 2011, at 3:51 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote:
> Moq txtbook version okt 2010
>
> under 5.5 Nagarjuna
>
> "In addition to the Dynamic Quality viewpoint of the moq
> corresponding to what Nagarjuna terms sunyatta(ie; the indeterminate or the
> world of the buddhas)(182)
> the static quality viewpoint of the moq also corresponds to sunyavada(ie,
> the conditioned component or world of maya)(183)
> of Nagarjuna. Sunyavada includes all conceptions of reality including
> metaphysikal views, ideals, religious beliefs, hopes and ambitions; in other
> words,using moq terminology, static quality patterns(184)
>
> Moreover, Nagarjuna shares Pirsig's perception that the indeterminate(or
> Dynamic) is the fundamental nature
> of the conditioned(or static)
>
>
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