As a side note, for some of you who remember the popular 70’s show, “Kung Fu” starring David Carradine.
It was many episodes following the trials and tribulations of Caine (nicknamed: Grasshopper) (David Carradine) as a wandering Taoist monk in the western world, searching for his lost brother.
It was beautifully presented and loved and admired by millions. It introduced the Taoist culture to an open and eager western culture in the US, towards the close of the Vietnam War.
Most appreciated in the west were Caine’s Taoist Kung fu style that was slow and harmonious, as opposed to karate and jujitsu, and never sought to annihilate, kill and destroy an enemy, but merely to defend and preserve one’s own life. Therefore, it was a compassionate form of self-defense, yet extremely effective.
The scenes that I enjoyed most were flashbacks to Caine’s (David Carridine) childhood, growing up in a Taoist monastery, and learning deep Taoist lessons and philosophy from his revered blind elder Taoist teacher and monk, Master Po.
To this day, on YouTube, I visit excerpts from some episodes, and find great peace and solace in the spirituality, and also the presentation of the misty ancient monastery in ancient China where the young boy, Caine, was taught and nurtured to become not only a Taoist warrior but a wayfarer on the path of enlightenment.