dr. ron mockasony to mosaic. ron is a buddhist priest, member of the core docket ral faculty at berkeley, native of hawaii. let's let you tell us that story and go from there. >> i was born and raised in hawaii. i'm a third generation oak can i okinawan-hawaiian, immigrated to hawaii in 1904, haven't found a record. my family has been in hawaii now for over a hundred years, 105 years, i guess, 106 years. and after finishing school, getting my education at the university of hawaii, i worked as a graphic designer, among other things and we left for japan, my wife and i. and i spent some 60 years there studying biewdism, biewdism, culture, and we had to depend on each other for six years and that was really nice. after that, i enrolled at the doctoral program in buddhist studies at the university of wisconsin in madison. after graduating -- i'm sorry. i received a full ride scholarship, grant to go back to finish my dissertation, which i d for a while, i taught japanese at the university of hawaii. then i landed a j