#magga

Crud, I missed yesterday and almost missed today, I'm gonna have to do two of 'em tomorrow.

Part One

Part Two

Once again, thanks to @maxwell-grant who once again helped me with assembling the lists of alternate examples. Characters who have a plus sign (+) next to their names were suggested by him. Characters with an asterisk (*) are ones where I have not consumed any source material (note that I'm including tie-in or revival media as source material).

I accidentally did the 12th twice, so you get extra options that day, I guess?

11-Carson Napier/Feats of Courage, Despite Feet of Clay: So, yeah the classic Pulp Hero is a paragon, a super-man. And then there's these guys, who for all their heroism and incredible abilities, are much more deeply flawed. Alt. Examples: Moon Knight*, Grim Death,

12-Jack Reacher/Unintentional Pulp: Obviously, most of the old-style Pulp Writers knew that they were writing for the pulps, and most modern Pulp Characters are intended to be so. But not all of them. Sometimes authors create characters that fit into pulp tropes without realizing they are doing so. Today? That's for them. Alt. Examples: Uncle Scrooge, The Ghostbusters

12-Conan/Blood-Stained Smirk. Lots of Pulp Heroes have a lethal setting. Some of them feel bad about it. Others are like the guys featured today, who honestly kinda enjoy it? Alt. Examples: Grendel, Casey Jones.

13-Hellboy/Pulp Survivor: This one is fairly self-explanatory, the Heroes who routinely get the crap beat out of them, but manage to defeat their foes mostly because they are too damn stubborn and/or tough to lose. Indiana Jones, G-8*+

14-Dhalua Strong/Behind Every Hero: Another fairly self-explanatory one. Lots of Pulp Heroes have love interests. Often they live mostly in the the hero's civilian life, or are reduced to being damsels. But these? these get their hands dirty, these get involved in the fight. Nita Van Sloan, Magga.

The Quest for Buddhism (78)

Four Noble Truths - The first Dhamma wheel turned・Part 4 (1. Duhkha),(2. Samudaya),(3, Nirodha)

4) Marga (Pali: Magga) - “the Buddhist path to liberation”

Marga Satya is the 4th and last of the Four Noble Truths (Ref) , and that is the Buddhist path to liberation, also referred to as enlightenment, is described in a wide variety of ways.

The classical one is the Noble Eightfold Path, described in the Sutta Pitaka, where it is also preceded by an even older version. A number of other paths to liberation exist within various Buddhist traditions and theology.

Marga satya (Pali: Magga sacca) is the truth that in order to attain the extinction of suffering, one must follow the Noble Eightfold Path, one of the 7 families and 37 paths in the practice of Buddhism (sattatimsa(refers to: 37) bodhipakkhiya dhamma). This is the truth of the path leading to the extinction of suffering. This is the Buddha Way, or the path to liberation as embodied by the Buddha.

仏教の探求 (78)

四諦 (したい、梵: ﾁｬﾄｩﾙ･ｱｰﾘﾔ･ｻﾃｨﾔ) 〜 最初に回されたダンマの輪・その４（①苦諦） ②集諦　③滅諦）

④道諦 〜解脱への仏教の道 

道諦 (どうたい、梵: ﾏｰﾙｶﾞ･ｻﾃｨﾔ、巴: ﾏｯｶﾞ･ｻｯﾁｬ )とは、四諦 (したい、梵: ﾁｬﾄｩﾙ･ｱｰﾘﾔ･ｻﾃｨﾔ 参照)の最後の第四であり、悟りとも呼ばれる解脱への仏教の道 (梵: ﾏｰﾙｶﾞ、巴: ﾏｯｶﾞ)は、さまざまな方法で説明されている。

古典的なものは、経蔵 (きょうぞう、巴: ｽｯﾀ･ﾋﾟﾀｶ、梵: ｽｰﾄﾗ･ﾋﾟﾀｶ)に記述されている八正道で、その前にはさらに古いバージョンもある。その他にも、様々な仏教の伝統や神学の中に、解脱への道が数多く存在する。

Often considered the Buddha's first teachings, the Four Noble Truths are the foundation of Buddhism.

The existence of dukkha (suffering) in the realm of samsara (means both "world" as well as "the cycle of death and rebirth").

The origin of suffering (dukkha) is taṇhā (craving, desire, attachment, or greed).

There is an end to suffering. Nirodha (cessation or ending) of dukkha can be accomplished by letting go of or confining attachment (taṇhā).

Magga (The Noble Eightfold Path) is a way of confining taṇhā and therefore releasing dukkha. The next post will cover The Noble Eightfold Path in great detail.

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