Monkey Magic - The Middle Path and Compassion

[@wilhelmtovaira1030]

Ah the 80's. Many Childhood memories come flooding back.. couldn't wait to get home from school to watch this show. LOVED IT.!!

[@jaydee6414]

Masako Natsume - who played the priest Tripitaka - tragically died very young in 1985 at only 27 yrs old. She had leukemia. Such a beautiful & talented young lady gone way too soon. RIP. 😞

[@cmataira]

Thanks for that information. She was an Angel or Bodhisatva incarnated to inspire us. Maybe her job was finished and this place too dense for her beauty and compassion.

[@AllenEnriquezAlberto]

Such a coincidence I was born in 1985 and now I am 37.

[@spudhead169]

So long as her work remains to be watched and enjoyed by many generations to come, she will forever be with us all. Physically, she is gone, but her spirit remains, forever.

[@danskkr]

That is the saddest thing I've heard all year. I hope with all my heart, she has been reincarnated as a beautiful cat , loved unconditionally, and freed from the suffering of money and hypocrisy. ,

[@danskkr]

​@AllenEnriquezAlberto maybe you inherited her soul!

[@dickyboyryw]

Amazing memories. I WAS one of those little kids back in the early 1980's in THE UK who marvelled at this. Now, I'm about to start training to express my life as a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest. Lol. May all find Buddha within. *

[@yvonneburns2786]

Much like the Lord Buddha i'd find my own path

[@chrisruss9861]

Good wishes on your journey. Much respect.

[@WELLBRAN]

My brother used to go around the house repeating the narrator at the beginning of each episode. My mum used to shake her head 😅

[@thefleecer3673]

As a Tao Buddhist Australian all I can say is that's f@#$ing beautiful!!! May you be well may you be happy!

[@loretta_3843]

I'm in Australia and I think I was in 2nd grade. A little boy from Vietnam had come to my school and moved into my street. He introduced me to this show and I loved it. That's a long time ago!

[@saxongreen78]

The first bars of the closing theme always hit me right in the feels...it's a beautiful show.

[@indrajeet]

Beautiful and meaningful, the essence of life.....

[@jgk4259]

Gandhara - GoDiego?

[@briz1965]

Superb and thanks. When this came on in the late 1970's UK, once a week, the whole family would be ready to watch. Next day at school we would relive the fight scenes, marvelous times.

[@Mumon010]

Down here in Oz it was always so good to come home from school and watch Monkey Magic. Way better than "The Monkees", "Banana Splits" etc. even "Dr. Who". 50 years later it's even better. The TV world seems to have regressed.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

I thought it came on every day around 4PM in the UK??

[@vividconcept]

17:00 after newsround

[@GregNumber]

The emphasis on compassion, forgiveness and redemption in this show is extraordinary.

[@eyes2338]

It was also great at exposing cowards and types of personalities that exploit kindness.

[@Mr-O-]

Brings back childhood memories!! Happy days 😊😊😊

[@VirginiaThompson-np9uy]

@@Mr-O- takes me right back man I use to go crazy for this and now i'am still loving it 😀

[@CeylonDiary]

I remember how I am eager to watch this in my child hood and I still loves to watch it..Buddha bless you always!

[@77iam97]

Want to be a kid again and sit in front of that old big box 📺 watching Monkey Magic again

[@KmacQuinn]

It's on Netflix 🙌

[@Johnny_Thunder]

ABC Australia, early -mid 80s, grew up watching this. All the boys are school used to make their own wishing staff.

[@VirginiaThompson-np9uy]

@@Johnny_Thunder I love the cloud and I still go crazy about it

[@VirginiaThompson-np9uy]

I love this monkey

[@toir77]

I wish this would come back on TV again.

[@josephpragai383]

This show brings back memories when I was so young watch it all the time it was awesome 😎 I wish they can put the show back on again.

[@nigellawlor2909]

i loved this programe it nostalgic makes me remember my childhood

[@TD-uu3ds]

Me too. I used to see the Japanese version at 8 pm every Sunday back then, when I was seven. By the way, this English dub is awesome. It's pretty faithful to the original. I feel like each Japanese actor spoke English though there is no way in fact.

[@osas5211]

inJapan DrivingTeacher Japanese embracing Chinese culture 😮; that’s beautiful 😢

[@whatswithgus]

10:13 Monkey's reaction! Masaaki Sakai always provided the best comic relief just when it was needed the most.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

So this came from Japan I thought it was Chinese??

[@thomassmart4088]

"even Pigsy knows certainty is only another delusion" - smashing wisdom onto our young brains

[@MrBROTHERFELDER]

Was he absolutely CERTAIN about that? (Get it?😄)

[@cmataira]

Very moving episode. I loved all the episodes 40 yrs ago!

[@aristotle358]

I used to love watching Monkey in the late 70s. It's a pity that we cannot find whole episodes on youtube.

[@aristotle358]

Walrider Ghosts We are so used to seeing the English dubbed version, which makes them sound funny. But I wonder if we would enjoy the Japanese version with subtitles. Andrew Sachs ( Manuel, form Fawlty Towers) did the voice of the horse in the later episodes.

[@EmzyT0]

+Walrider Ghosts my mother just sent me this lol! have sent her a link to kung pow haha

[@walriderghosts8477]

Oh, when I was aout 12 ears old I watch it it was the best tv show, ad also it he bezt in the 70's and 16

[@areyouavinalaff]

there used to be several episodes on here

[@dadagan8815]

Do You remember the Water Margin as well???

[@Dazarabia522]

NO WAY!!! I LOVED MONKEY when I was growing up!!! OMG

[@barbeeska]

Isn't it just? 😀

[@aimees.acosta1944]

RIP MASAKO NATSUME AND SHIRO KISHIBE WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU

[@Hodaris_Darlin]

Toshiyuki as well.

[@coreremix1090]

The good old day Japanese drama "Journey to the West", now available in DVD, this year. Greetings from Japan.

[@jojoUK120]

core remix 🙂welcome to England!Teach us master! Was the English dialogue very different from the Japanese script? I read that the writer only had plot synopses to work from, and made up the rest.

[@snarkybuttcrack]

So the world isn't real nor an illusion but somewhere in between, with no way of telling illusion from reality. Thanks for that Buddha, that's a real help.

[@indrajeet]

I think what Tripitaka is trying to say is that our concept of what is real is based on the delusion of our senses. When we sleep, we dont know what is real and interpret the dream world as....real. When awake, we only experience an unimaginably small part of our existance, we cant see, hear everything. Before the advent of tv and newspapers - we didn't even know was happening outside our town or village. In todays world of mass media - the truth is literally a matter of interpretation. What is the absolute truth that is infallible? That all things change!

[@TheAxelay]

I used to watch this religiously back in the mid 1980's!!! And I loved it and I still love it now!! Probably watched it from 1988 to 1990 max. It's SO surreal watching this in 2020 now as a 42 old when I started watching this at 9 etc. I hope to find more episodes somehow on YT but I'm not betting on it but I'll take what I can get for now. Since I'm Australia our ABC showed it and I bet they have it archived but they'll never show it now because of our now pc nature. I miss this series and thanks for uploading it!!!

[@TheTraveler2222]

Hey there fellow Aussie. I have the entire series, will be happy to share my Google drive with you if interested

[@TheAxelay]

@@TheTraveler2222 ,that'd be wonderful if you could share your link if you can?!! I've subscribed to your channel regardless!!!

[@forleung]

@@TheTraveler2222 Hello could you share it with me? I really want to watch this series. I once borrowed it from my school library but I didn’t have the equipment to play it.

[@TheTraveler2222]

@@forleung You can watch the whole series here: archive.org/details/monkeymagic1/11+-+The+Difference+Between+Night+%26+Day.mp4

[@timmcgrath676]

Monkey is the leader of shayaaaa

[@kaonavo]

Monkey knight as it was known in the Dominican rep as a kid in the early 90 caught my imagination never realizing the real meaning behind the message

[@TheTraveler2222]

"The Middle Way" is central to the Buddhist teachings. Being aware that our physical reality is an illusion projected by our minds ought not to interfere with our compassion for one another, ie even though its only happening in a dream, we must still honor the other in their path to obtaining Buddhahood (Enlightenment), even though in time, other travellers may be progressively slower and others more advanced, the middle path reminds us not to take an extreme stance on our path to enlightenment.

[@游俊男-b3r]

TheTraveler

[@thefleecer3673]

I know its wrong but I just love Buddha and I want to cry

[@indrajeet]

​@thefleecer3673 why is it wrong?

[@pbat118]

Wow I watched this an glued to the TV an weird thing is now I actually understand what the simbolism within is, even when she says funny worlds we create from our own minds the middle path means nor good or bad but stable and evolved... This is very much so real karma the lot very strange how we create our own realities as tests.. No escaping our own real true consciences.... We are our own gate keepers...

[@TheTraveler2222]

Paul Freeman You may like to check out my other video "Journey to the West decoded"

[@pbat118]

TheTraveler thanks for reply I watched this as a child an had no idea the messages within but since then have studied the occult and spirituality this makes much sense now. Another weird things are I got tattoos not knowing the real meaning until now.. Thanks will check it out BTW I did ten day vipassana meditation retreat an understand kundalini the spine being the middle pillar also..

[@colinthomson7518]

brilliant series.

[@chrisruss9861]

The mad woman is a good actress.

[@pta2722]

世界にこんなに ファンがいるとは 素晴らしい

[@hazelthemcwitch]

I used to put a tape recorder (the latest tech back then lol) next to our bulky old telly and record whole episodes to listen to in my room which was sans telly sans mobile phone ah we've come a long way dearies!! 😂

[@crackaspaz]

Ha. I did the same. Did this with a few shows back then. I also used to collect intro themes to TV shows. Weird I know... but everyone needs a hobby :)

[@HughJarse1968]

Cracka Spaz Guess a lot of us did that...I was fascinated by The South Bank Show music :)

[@hazelthemcwitch]

The7576Dave top choon 😀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpilZZ1pZpKGjs0

[@jamielawrence2515]

I did the same!!!

[@luminosity2083]

Me and my brother loved watching this show. I am only here remembering these old ones, because I just noticed and watched a couple of the new, The Legends of Monkey, a remake on Netflix. I enjoyed the first two episodes of the new version so far, nothing beats the original though.

[@luminosity2083]

Sarah Townsend Editorial Tripitaka is the monk (female), Sandy is the other guy, in the new series Sandy is a female tbough.

[@WELLBRAN]

My brother used to go around the house quoting the narrator at the beginning of each episode my mum used to shake her head haha eg: "The Phoenix can fly only when its feathers have grown'..😂

[@michaelm8838]

I still have my Original Monkey Record(vinyl), still play it from time to time, this and The Water Margin were two of my favourite shows back then. I was also watching Kung Fu with David Carradine, i still can't walk on Sand without leaving a footprint ,lol.

[@yvonneburns2786]

I watched the last episode of the water margin where Kao Chu finally got his come uppance and about time too.

[@WELLBRAN]

I still got the album also

[@craigsutherland4726]

Loved this as a kid

[@MIKE_THE_BRUMMIE]

I was so confused as a kid I was infatuated with the priest and could understand why they referred to her and a he

[@ImRunningazoo]

Love itttt best show ever ❤❤❤

[@peterhagan8454]

abs brilliant loved this when i was a kid and its sooo timeless even though theres a new legentds of monkey on netflix, this is fantastic, the dialogue , voices sounds and story and direction a tour de force

[@JoseRamon-rq2te]

Muy LINDO RESCUERDO ❤

[@PhflyDan1]

LooooL!! HILARIOUS Monkey was just abrupt!! Almost nothing he wouldn't say! And he used to kick some SERIOUS @$$!! NO mercy for demons or vampires, which is correct...

[@licda.agripinadejesusluzon4671]

Hola buenas noches desde República Dominicana 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@pbat118]

Wow what a message of the senses being illusion..

[@mukundshah5840]

I had seen an animated tv show in my childhood and I also liked to watch this tv series as well

[@movimientoChalco]

thanks for putting this up, my brother. you are doing god's work

[@movimientoChalco]

what sort of idiot are you?

[@chilam1926]

I like this series song

[@PlanetDave-bo1lc]

Thank you 🌈💚☸️

[@Tsiwei_4]

man this hits different on the box 📺

[@waynep8007]

I loved this shit when I was a young sprog

[@Growndweller]

A lie for mercy's sake is not a lie.

[@hugoboss5895]

it's like a trippy soap opera.

[@鈴木佐藤-f4e]

三蔵法師が亡くなった自分の子にそっくりだという回だったでしょうか？子供の頃リアルタイムで見たのを覚えています。

[@JoshPhoenix11]

I was always so confused as a kid about Tripitaka, they kept calling her 'he' but she looked and seemed so much like a girl..

[@greg49908]

Monkey is on NETFLIX atm. I always thought that this was all illusion, before i even heard it in Buddha or esoteric teachings. All our dreams crossing over and sometimes we meet for a reason. All of us distracted by so many things. If someone thinks it, then create it, and bring it into the dream. Imagine what an Ancient Egyptian would think of a smartphone. Who knows what the future will bring, we'll dream it as we go i suppose. (edit) when asleep and dreaming, i don't know I'm dreaming until i wake up.

[@sonsofthetribe]

We all loved it because Monkey kicked ass and had a flying cloud but we were taking on the subconscious deep profound wisdom. That said dont lie to old witches, lol.

[@veryrandomindeed]

Here's an interview with David Collings, who did the English voice of Monkey: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqGqaYOajLySr9E

[@hugettnunez7376]

La canción dice que en un tiempo lejano había una tierra en donde había un arbol…. Que más dice la canción al final de la movie?

[@maureensalmon7446]

If only this could be found on DVD.

[@mattsach604]

maureen salmon There is a boxset available on Amazon

[@maureensalmon7446]

Matt Sach I must purchase it

[@AnaDizla-qg1gz]

Pongan,la,película,completa,enltino Pofavor

[@kerrijohnstone7588]

Other Han the Buddhism rUBBISH I loved this show

[@TheTraveler2222]

Buddhism is Rubbish? Buddhism is the search for Universal truth, your puny mind could fathom it even if it hit you on the head!

[@harvestcanada]

This stuff is the western psychology. Carl C King was inspired by Eastern esoteric beliefs.

[@spinspinnerspinneridiotstu5763]

Yes we do need it

[@joeldecoster8816]

I left my mother to go on a journey to enlightenment. I am now the old witch, weeping tor her son, who is ashamed of her/ damn

[@ikitclaw3299]

I remember this like it was yesterday, tv shows today don't have this impact

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

I loved it as well

[@johnathanryan2117]

" i didnt do it, and if i did then it was magic so there! Hahahaha!" Brilliant

[@yvonneburns2786]

And as Bai Qian says herself either in a dream or reality its still a way of living.

[@infinightsky]

Can you upload more :) please

[@TheTraveler2222]

Done

[@infinightsky]

TheTraveler thank you ❤️

[@thembabethuelnkosi4086]

Sokhetshe 😮🙆

[@suziewong5305]

This brings back memories! This show was so bad it was fantastic!

[@geordiepaul5333]

Had almost forgotten this wee gem gha dadadadadadah take it of it hurts! Awesome

[@mathewolden3076]

When will the full episode be put back up on here of monkey magic the original series

[@TheTraveler2222]

youtube taken them down, copyright

[@dorianleakey]

I don't remember how this episode ends, very curious. Interesting to see how quick Tripitaka's travelling companions are to judge someone after all they had done.

[@Hodaris_Darlin]

Dorian Leakey The old lady gets her real son back.

[@xero6396]

Isn't Pigsy her son?

[@Hodaris_Darlin]

@@xero6396 No. Her son is the villain in the episode. He'd kind of lost his way & wasn't really evil. It's hard to explain.

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

Seems Tripitaka is talking about the Matrix.

[@BigSausageTits]

indeed he is. the matrix is a sci-fi analogy of enlightenment.

[@brianjohnston3707]

Where can I watch this series??

[@brianjohnston3707]

@aaaaaaa78905 I bought the box set ' thanks anyhoo 👍

[@ShrekWallBee]

13:03 if we stopped to answer such questions we will never get to find out the answers to more important questions like who are we why are we here and why do we spend most of the intervening time wearing digital watches

[@shenysys]

She is a witch, she turned me into a newt. I did get better

[@kallancoverley5839]

Madelyn likes your videos videos

[@Maza675]

now available on bluray

[@hugettnunez7376]

They speak English at this moment. In original Japanese must be very interesting for learners.

[@JaskoonerSingh]

How did a chidrens drama get so deeply theological

[@TheTraveler2222]

Journey to the West is a Spiritual drama, one has to understand the metaphor of these characters to decode their meaning. “Tripitaka” represents the Trinity Concept of Mind, Body and Spirit.

[@osas5211]

This is so weird i relate so much, i am working on a song

[@porfavorsubanelcapitulotir1466]

por favor suban los episodios en español

[@vinchenzo678]

Are the sideburns real?

[@grodesby3422]

Only the Buddha knows

[@vinchenzo678]

@@grodesby3422 lol lol

[@stephenshield285]

Brilliant great tv😂

[@jasondownes1026]

I'd like to see a remake

[@mumcrap7275]

Yep, it happened.

[@BigSausageTits]

never!

[@papoelrelojero6401]

Hey amigos chinos donde encuentro estas series en español 😂

[@paulwilson1174]

Name em all I can

[@davidhein8520]

What is music name at 3:45 please help

[@TheTraveler2222]

3:45? you sure you got the time stamp correct?

[@justjordan8018]

Damn I need a better GPU my PC only manages to get like 7 FPS from this.

[@LandersWorkshop]

It's not your PC. Mine is almost state-of-the-art and it chugged at this video. The uploader and lack of HD is notable.

[@yukoku100]

懐かしい。ちなみに、これは made in japan なんですよ。

[@imranatheistformer-muslim3884]

Why did that old lady call Tripitaka "boy"? She's a girl

[@Hodaris_Darlin]

Imran Atheist Former-Muslim Tripitaka was a BOY priest who happened to be played by an actress.

[@chrisfrenzel3031]

Loved this as a kid, and the water margin but these are Chinese stores not Japanese as my learned wife pointed out to me and I sort of knew this but then she explained some things - oops :(

[@Hodaris_Darlin]

Chris Frenzel Yeah, the story was Chinese, the show was made in Japan & dubbed into English for Western Audiences. No big deal.

[@edgard3659]

Shaw Brothers production

[@rayneman8949]

KIKIKIKIiHAhahahahaaa x10 fucken heaps funnier then oNe Rembers :)

[@rafaelreyes2443]

Cómo ver en español

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

Was Tripitaka the first bendersexual cos it looks and sounds like a woman.

[@Hodaris_Darlin]

Tripitaka was a BOY priest, but he was played by & dubbed by women.

[@ICET100]

its funny how the priest is a man but talks like a woman thats kind of Funny

[@thecontractor365]

ICET100 ...Masako Natsume who played Tripitaka was a female actress who tragically died in 1985.

[@john.russelllane3621]

is Tripitaka a lady boy?

[@thecontractor365]

John.Russell Lane ..female actress. Tragically died in 1985. Masako Natsume. RIP.

[@sharielane]

In the show the character is a boy. They cast a female actress to play him because they believed a female would better portray the innocence and purity the young boy-priest was supposed to have possessed.

[@COVID-gg6db]

That dose it this guy is satoshi

[@thomasbooth3120]

The buda scriptures

[@twent-vv7jv]

Grass hoper

[@osas5211]

Thank God for Jet Li & Jackie Chan and Journey to the west for putting me on. I hope to be Chinese in my next life

[@donthaveonedonthaveone5901]

0:25 true (-_+)