The Three Lessons of the Grasshopper
Parashat Shelach-L’cha Shabbat sermon at by Shabbat shalom.
Some of you might remember the old 1970s television show, Kung Fu which aired from 1972-1975 on ABC. I remember it from re-runs.
The main character of the series, Kwai Chang Caine, is played by David Carradine. Kwai Chang is the orphaned son of an American man and a Chinese woman As a boy, he comes to study martial arts and wisdom at a Shaolin Temple. His master is blind.
“You cannot see,” the boy says when he meets the master for the first time.
“You think I cannot see,” says the master.