The Tao of Kung Fu #7 - "All creatures have virtues."

In this clip from the "King of The Mountain" episode, Caine recalls Master Kan's words on the value of all life. Master Kan advices us to look upon all of the earth's creatures as teachers of virtue, rather than just food. In the oneness of Nature, nothing is more significant than the other. Our ultimate goal should be to live in a way that allows all life to flourish in the unity that is Nature.

This video was taken from the 1970's TV series 'Kung Fu' (Created by Ed Spielman, Herman Miller and Jerry Thorpe). It is essentially an American Western set in the latter half of the 1800's, with an Eastern hero who has neither a gun or a horse. The story follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine); a nature loving Shaolin priest who had recently fled China. He speaks softly but is no pushover. He lives humbly yet knows great contentment.

Each episode also takes the viewer back to Caine's childhood in the Shaolin temple. It is here under the instruction of the wonderfully charismatic Master Po (Keye Luke) and the stern yet loving Master Kan (Philip Ahn), young Caine (Radames Pera) learns the harmoniously balanced ways of Tao.

The teachings of the Shaolin was meticulously researched for the Kung Fu series. This makes Kung Fu one of the most authentic interpretations of Philosophical Taoism available in popular culture. I was therefore surprised to see no one else had presented selected scenes from Kung Fu as an introduction to the Taoist philosophy. This is one of about 30 clips I'll be posting here during 2008.

To learn more about Philosophical Taoism, Nature's virtues and oneness, please visit my website: please visit my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/TaoFAQ

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[atfatw]

exercise above all else is necessary for real thought and a long healthy life and any greek philosophy. buddhism does not really have much to offer

[yinyangnature]

@atfatw Doesn't all philosophy have something to offer us all my friend? Otherwise it just comes down to "us versus them"; fragmenting our troubled world only further. All the great philosophers understood the most fundamental truth is that of unity; something also proved by quantum physics.

[gonyea12]

All life is sacred? Is there a bacterium fighting style? If not I will totally invent it.

[DaveTheSamurai]

@yinyangnature Well said. It reminds me of a saying I read :"Philosophy in one century becomes common sense in the next."

[cw605]

Thank you for shareing.

[MrAtomSnake]

@gonyea12 lol



[jannevellamo]

@gonyea12 I guess you could have an amoebic defense, in which you absorb the opponent's energy and try envelop him while you're at it. Or you could have a viral style, in which you contaminate the opponent's style with your own, enticing him to duplicate your moves, which only you know how to fully utilize. Or how about the Ebola style, which relies on inducing internal hemorrhage? You could learn these in the monastery of Protozoa, from Master Ti Bi. The possibilities are endless.

[zenmastermatt]

@atfatw Apparently you have not read much buddhist philosophy.

[luvislite]

@dolesponger 

[atfatw]

@TH3D1R3CTOR

the physical body can take us anywhere we what to walk and can take us decades and decades into our long lives

[RedCrescentDemon]

@TH3D1R3CTOR I like that. What you said. i really did. You really do follow the way of the Tao. :) Well, I'm more a fan of the mental stuff anyway. I can't help but feel the lazyness inside me. Lol. I know it's bad to be so lazy but i've developed a bad habit of it. Even gained some weight because of it.

[TH3D1R3CTOR]

@RedCrescentDemon for me, the contrary my friend, first spiritual exercise and then physical...for tight mucles, injuries, physical soreness and tiredness creates obstacles for one trying to meditate. i'm saying this from experience, my body used to feel so tired i could not meditate, even though meditation is mental. would it not make sense to first start with what is important? does not the ant first deliver the food to its queen before taking a bite itself?

[RedCrescentDemon]

@TH3D1R3CTOR I have an immense belief that animalistic destructive conquering greed is within human nature and we all have an instinctive need for such things. I also believe that through a physical outlet: martial arts, sports etc., we have an outlet for those emotions and therefore remove them from ourselves whenever we practice it. I believe that to truly reach that spiritual nirvana you speak of, it would be easier to first find the physical outlet in which we can remove those animal urges.