At some point, in some season of the show, Caine encounters … an old coot.

The coot asks: Where ya headed, sonny?

And Kwai-Chang replies: i follow the tao.

Coot laughs: Taos? In New Mexico? You’ve got a long way to go!

Our hero does that little bow
that conveys something like
You have misunderstood utterly
Or perhaps it is I who have

But in any case … namaste … Gasshō, grandfather
…
Tat Tvam Asi
तत् त्वम् असि