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jim helms - on evil - the peaceful path - time of the soul lyrics

[keye luke as master po, david carradine as kwai chang caine]

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(where is evil? in the rat, whose nature it is to steal grain, or in the cat, whose nature it is to k!ll the rat?)
(the rat steals, yet for him the cat is evil.)
(and to the cat, the rat.)
(yet, master, surely one of them is evil.)
(the rat does not steal, the cat does not murder. rain falls, the stream flows, a hill remains. each acts according to its nature.)
(then is there no evil for men? each man tells himself that what he doеs is good, at least for himself.)
(grasshopper, a man may tеll himself many things, but is a man’s universe made only of himself?)
(if a man hurts me and i punish him, perhaps he will not hurt another.)
(and if you do nothing?)
(he will believe he may do as he wishes.)
(perhaps. or perhaps he will learn that some men receive injury, but return kindness.)
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[keye luke as master po, david carradine as kwai chang caine]

[instrumental]

(master, how may i walk a peaceful path, when the world is seldom peaceful?)
(peace lies not in the world, grasshopper, but in the man who walks the path.)
(but in my path may be men not filled with peace.)
(then seek a different path.)
(and if, at each turn, appear those who would be violent and do not love peace?)
(to reach perfection, a man must develop equally compassion and wisdom.)
(but, master, how do i not contend with a man who would contend with me?)
(in a heart that is one with nature, though the body contends, there is no violence, and in the heart that is not one with nature, though the body be at rest, there is always violence. be therefore like the prow of a boat: it cleaves the water, yet it leaves in its wake, water, unbroken.)

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[philip ahn as master kan, david carradine as kwai chang caine]

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(master, what is the best way to meet the loss of one we love?)
(by knowing that when we truly love, it is never lost. it is only after death that the depth of the bond is truly felt, and our loved one becomes more a part of us than was possible in life.)
(are we only able to feel this toward those whom we have known and loved a long time?)
(sometimes a stranger, known to us for moments, can spark our souls to kinship for eternity.)
(how can strangers take on such importance to our souls?)
(because our soul does not keep time, it merely records growth.)
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