2.8: Pilgrimage

Show Notes

This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 7 - “Escape From Side One" (サイド1の脱出), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on chemical weapons, sudden enlightenment, and the bosun's/boatswain's call.

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- Article about Marvel Movies in Japan, and the prevalence of child and teen protagonists in popular Japanese media (even media targeted at adults).

- Wikipedia pages on chemical warfare, nerve agents, and sulfur mustard.

- Britannica page on nerve agents.

- The Arms Control Association's FAQ page on chemical weapons.

- Wikipedia pages on the Aum Shinrikyo subway sarin attack, and the Aim Shinrikyo leader - Shoko Asahara.

- Article about Aum Shinrikyo as a New New Religion:

SHIMAZONO Susumu, In the Wake of Aum, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1995 22/3–4 http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MAG/mag52022.pdf

- The Red Army's use of chemical weapons to suppress a populist peasant revolt.

- Wikipedia pages on Iraq's use of chemical weapons, their chemical weapons program, and their chemical attacks against Iran.

- Japanese use of chemical weapons in China, and specifically in the Battle of Changde.

- International press reports about chemical weapons in the 1980s:

U.S. AIDES SAY IRAQIS MADE USE OF A NERVE GAS

By SEYMOUR M. HERSH and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES MARCH 30, 1984, https://nyti.ms/2LXNHno

THE WORLD; Evidence Mounts on Iraqi Use Of Gas Weapons

By HENRY GINIGER and MILT FREUDENHEIM APRIL 1, 1984, https://nyti.ms/2M0fMKP

Chemical Weapons Out Of the Bottle Once Again

By A.O. SULZBERGER JR. SEPT. 21, 1980, https://nyti.ms/2M2IpHx

- Wikipedia pages on subitism and the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.

- The English translation of Bhagavan recounting his death-experience and sudden self-realization, and his Wikipedia page. And, the Wiki for moksha.

- English-translated text of the portion of the Lotus Sutra in which Longnü/Dragon Girl appears, as well as an explanation of Bodhisattva to whom Longnü was acolyte.

- Wikipedia pages for Longnü and for Avalokiteśvara/Guanyin/Kannon.

- PDF with history of the the boatswain’s call, and instructions of how to play (with common calls notated).

- Wikipedia page on the boatswain’s call (with list of common calls and their meanings, and links to audio).

- Sources for the story of Atalanta: Greek-Gods.org, Theoi Greek Mythology, Britannica, and Wikipedia.

- The song in the Lila tribute is "The Vendetta" by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/58628 Ft: Apoxode.

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