the coast guard foundation find out how you can help at rescue the rescuers dot org . >>> we're backtalkingn mockasony. you have discovered the whole idea of aging and studying that. how did you get into this? >> well, you know, when you go to graduate school, you don't -- it's very academic and theoretical. i had no intention of studying aging, but my first encounter, of course, when i became a temple minister, mostly old people come to the temple. people get old and of course they die and these are very existential questions i had to deal with. that was my first introduction, as a temple minister. and when i joined the faculty at the graduate theological union there, somehow stanford, i got involved with the stanford gear attic education center, focusing on ethnic elder, japanese, chinese, latino, non-american gear yat tricks. gradually, my expertise had to expand because i was asked to address the aging issue of different ethnic minorities. >>> give us some specifics of what you call feelialty and the different asian religions in particular. >> one of the very -- this is not special to a