The Tao of Kung Fu #17 - "I worship life."

[TEMMYWA]

learned from experiences :)

[DavelovesRealMusic]

That Line would be misunderstood and not understood by the majority of the DEAD souls who now seem to occupy MOST of the TV viewing audience today.

[HybridD91]

So typical of a Christian...anytime you rely on knowledge not dependent on authority and that rests on commons sense and reason, you're a witch.

[MrBlimbo]

@HybridD91 seems you missed the point of the clip. generalizations do no one any good. try to focus on what made you make that comment, observe the shadows in your own soul and when you see them give them a name. a place to begin.

[duqmiguel]

Who feared witchcraft throughout the ages? The Catholic Church. And who did not? Eastern Philosophies.

[cleekmaker00]

The nature of Yin and Yang... polar opposites, yet integral to each other. it's similar to another belief; the concept of IDIC... Infinite Diversity, Infinite Combinations. The differences in belief and concepts complement knowledge and understanding. One cannot exist without the other, yet together they become one.

[timmlive]

I would like to bring a song to your attention. Mr. Loco Religious Man. It was used for a comedy called Nacho Libre. However I think the song is very powerful and truly resonates with this 'priest of life itself' thing that this video evokes too. pay close attention to the lyrics. Imho he thinks he is a religious man because he lives and celebrates life very intensely. Cheers everyone! great series this btw

[cosmicordering1]

"What do you worship?" he is asked? "Life," he replies! AWESOME! These videos of this series can be quite addictive, bless you for giving them to us.

[cosmicordering1]

These videos of this series can be quite addictive, bless you for giving them to us.

[thejesman]

Kung Fu is by far my favorite non-animated TV show, and this is my favorite quote from it. I don't think I've ever heard anything sum up my life's philosophy as well as this.

[bboysyfy1]

where can I find the whole episiode.

[yinyangnature]

@bboysyfy1 Try the Youtube channel called "girlfromrio". The 1970s "Kung Fu" TV series is also available on DVD.

[floatshake]

@yinyangnature Also some libraries carry the series on DVD :)

[svenganja]

Kimberly is not honest... Good luck

[slickwick45]

I am rather new to these teachings of Hinduism and Taoism though I know well of Yin and Yang thanks to my Sensei of Martial Arts. I must say I find these to be very wise and useful teachings unlike the other religions of the world ( correct me if religion is not the right word for this practice ). I have left Christianity and am quite often bombarded by others for doing so. Though I see the truth in these teachings and would love to know more.

[yinyangnature]

@slickwick45 I'd rather say this is Dharmic philosophy rather than religion. Religion implies creed, code and cult which isn't the case in these teachings. I great place to start on the Path is by reading the Ancient Taoist text "Tao Te Ching". There's a great version available free online by Ron Hogan, if you're interested.

[slickwick45]

@yinyangnature sounds good. Thank you I will be sure to look it up.

[umeshpatel]

@slickwick45 these are more to do with bhudism,where there is no god.

[sickness324]

@slickwick45 Follow your own path, my friend. Don't worry about earthly religions and find the higher belief within one's Self.

[dstewart28]

Wow, now, this had to been my most favourite, because I too had come to realise that there is only one Life, but many Lifeforms and even things such as self and other abstractions such as that are naught, but illusions. I can honestly say like Cain I worship Life. I am Life, Life in expression. Strange is something I've always been called, but never quite understood that, except for strange/weird is in the eye of the beholder. I miss this show. :)

[yinyangnature]

@dstewart28 Indeed. We are all an aspect of the Universe called life, providing a multifaceted aperture for the Universe to observe itself.

[TH3D1R3CTOR]

@dstewart28 indeed we are all life, and those who do not understand that they are life, still participate in this enlightment, since life is them.

[thelifeuwant]

life

[davencin10]

The worship of life, as all humans do, as all suicidal people, and all elselike.

An understanding of the obsession of life is evident in all mens actions, it seems although this religious man does not want to support any other religion, he only, truly, understands, and wants to understand life.

[Evilinvader308]

I love how deep and thought provoking this show is! Tv shows these days are so shallow anymore. For me, this one is the only one worth watching.

[lalijan21]

From which episode is this fragment ?

[yinyangnature]

In this clip from the episode called "The Brujo". All the information about this clip and my commentary about the philosophy portrayed, can be found by clicking on (more info) at the top of the frame on the right -------------->

[lalijan21]

@yinyangnature - Oh thanks, my bad I had only read the top block of the commntary xD. Btw I watched an episode becouse of those videos you posted. I always liked the series, as a kid - but actually it was the new series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Anyway now as I watch it David Caradine acts awfully - but back then i loved it xD. I remembered one scene/quote especially throughout the years. Anyway thanks xD

[misseptember]

ah, awesome, whorshiper of life! damn right!

[subtlesuperpower1]

2 sides to everything

good bad

darkness light

it is the nature of the great mystery

[Swafferjohn]

A coin has a third side, the edge. If you look deep you can find darkness in light and light in darkness. The polarity of the two hemispheres of the brain does not exist on the absolute platform, where everything is possible. But i do agree this duality is the source of great mystery. Without it there is no mystery, but then maybe it's better to have mystery in your life.

[galarius]

well said!!!

[peteritaly]

it is necessary to distinguish what Jesus Christ really taught and the following "perversions" of christianity

[upupsteru]

in your face christianity....worship something real

[IluvKirito]

No need to bash, dude.

[GambitFox79]

@upupsteru

Come on, now. If the Christian priest was really an enemy of life, he would have shut the door in his face. I tend to think these philosophies and religions overlap more than they contradict. Who really knows anything; the best we can do is become aware.

[aperezNWO]

Father Salazar is a respected Colombian Actor called Julio Medina

[yinyangnature]

I have always wondered who this actor was. Thank you.

[willyguill777]

Sweet

[yinyangnature]

I think this is because peace can only ever be found within ourselves. Yet too often we search for it outside ourselves and peace will never be found there.

[karljjr]

I find it intersting that we all have lives; yet when one person lives it and finds answers from within. People fear it and it is foreign to them.

[yinyangnature]

Yes of course. It is always dangerous to make generalisations. Maybe I should change the text to read " mainstream Western philosophies and religions"?

[rauldurand]

What is the name of this film?

[yinyangnature]

It's not a film, it's a 1970's TV series called "Kung Fu". It may be available in your local video shop for rent. It was released on DVD a few years ago. My video commentary will give you further information about the TV show.

I was watching some of your commentary on religion. I was disappointed to see you call Buddhism a religion in the same context as the Abrahamic faiths coming from the Middle East. Buddhism is a philosophy and should not be associated with Christianity, Islam or Judaism.

[rauldurand]

not.. of course. Buddhism is not a religion.

[yinyangnature]

Indeed.

If you define religion as creed, code or cult, Buddhism contains none of these elements.

Buddha was neither a god or a messenger of a god. He was merely a great teacher. Buddha said of gods, they are a irrelevance, since liberation from suffering can only be found within oneself.

Buddhism also does not have dogma (facts without evidence). Buddha said don't believe anything that doesn't agree with you own common sense or experience, even if it is said to come from me.

[datalal624]

@yinyangnature: If Buddhism has no dogma, then what of reincarnation? Where is the evidence for that? I mean no disrespect by asking this--it's just that reincarnation seems to be a strong component of Buddhist teachings, but whatever evidence there is for it is inconclusive (so far as I know).

By the way, thank-you so much for uploading these clips. I feel more peaceful after watching them, instead of frustrated and aggrieved by own life situation.

[yinyangnature]

There are many common misconceptions of reincarnation. An informed Buddhist conception is more similar to that of science: No element is ever created or destroyed.

We are all comprised from everything that existed in the past, yet this is always beyond our memory.

If reincarnation makes you uncomfortable, you may find the Taoist philosophy more suitable.

The ancient Taoists only ever talked of the recycling of the elements.

Thank you for your support my friend!

[TurquoiseLamp]

@datalal624

Hinduism pivots round the concept of reincarnation. Buddhism grew from this, but the focus changed.

Experiencing 'now' as directly as one can is more important in Buddhism.

Reincarnation happens every moment, because we are never the same person from second to second.

So why should this change at death?

No energy can remain in human form forever (we all have to die), so no energy remains 'dead' or formless forever either.

Death without rebirth is like Yin without Yang.

[yinyangnature]

Excellent point!

Reincarnation can be defined on so many levels.

Unfortunately, the Western experience is "my soul will be popped into another body after death"; and this is a very superficial understanding of an extremely complex teaching.

My advice would be for people not to limit their understanding of this world to only sensory awareness and seek the reality that is beyond personal identity.

[TurquoiseLamp]

Indeed, doesn't Western perspective generally tend to look at things strongly from the perspecitve of 'I' or ego self?

The beauty of the dharma is that it does work on so many different levels.

I just think that if people see eternal life as crazy and irrational. Then why is eternal death also not seen the same way?

All energy is constantly changing and flowing, so why would the energy which creates human beings (or anything for that matter) remain dormant after death?

Good advice. :-)

[yinyangnature]

Indeed. All energies are constantly changing and flowing; and there is no reason not to believe the energies that animate us would not be the same.

I think it helps to think of ourselves as a wave on the ocean. When a wave hits the shore line and disappears, the water that formed the wave is dawn back into the sea to be part of yet another wave.

[davewoodring]

@yinyangnature i like bruce lee's book jeet keen do which is the study of ignorance. I feel they killed him cause he expressed the truth(:

[umeshpatel]

@yinyangnature you sound like a very intelligent person ,one life one chance!

[BertrandDeBorn]

Quick comment on your accompanying text (many thanks for those comments - I do read them all!). You say "This is a very unfamiliar paradigm for Westerners, who have unshakable faith in their sensory awareness" yet I cannot agree with this over-generalisation. I am a Westerner but find the paradigm you speak of quite familiar, as do other Westerners I know. Perhaps there are more of us than you may imagine ;-) For example, the latest Gongfu form I am learning is Xingyiquan - "Mind-Form Fist"

[warrior350es]

These are great clips from one of the best television shows ever produced.

[soulstice99]

the priest was fawning over caine

[yinyangnature]

Maybe he's thinking of how in the previous century, Caine would have been burnt at the stake ;-)

[logan500000]

ever since ive learned about the first kung fu series i ve wanted to watch it. ive seen the new series kung fu the lengend continues. i would be so grateful if you could put a few whloe epsodes on here. (if you have them).

[yinyangnature]

Sorry my friend, I don't do requests. The short clips I post are selected purely for their philosophical content. To see full length episodes or movies I suggest you visit your local video store.

[hiddenmind]

woohoo a new one. =)

[cozmikzen]

i love these!!

[ek45ek]

Best one yet