I recently found this DVD and extracted the MP4 from it. Then I extracted the \"story\" of how I became a monk. This is actually old information if you have been following my posts. However, this is from 20 years ago. It gives a glimpse of what the kuti was like and how I was at the time. At the very end, I was so grateful to the fact that I made it as a monk that I began to cry. However, the interview was cut at that point for privacy reasons. This is actually a book called Going For Broke: Travelogs on Becoming A Buddhist Monk \"I once had a visitor from America. He brought a video camera with him and asked me the David Byrne Question, \"Well, how did I get here?\" So I proceeded to tell him the story about how I first got turned on to meditation, how I decided to leave my job, the watch story, the Sai Babba slipper story, WPN and of course The Ordination Story. I completed the 30 minute saga with the phrase \"So…Here I am Bhikkhu Subhūti!\" while stroking the robes that I was wearing. I then thought about how I would explain the different adventures that I've had and all the exciting things I've done and then say that this experience has surely been the best. So I followed that thought and started to say, \"You know…I've done a lot of …\" but something happened at that moment. A big lump formed in my throat and I felt my eyes start to well up. I couldn't go on much longer. I cut everything short and finished abruptly with, \"… But this has made me the most happy!\" with a quivering voice. At this time, tears were falling down my face and I couldn't speak any more. I couldn't even tell the person who was filming me to stop. I could only wave my hand and do some \"cut\" director sign language to tell him to stop.\"

Part 2 of 2: Bhante Subhuti was asked what was the most important lesson he has learned and the most important lesson he teaches. They were the same, because one should teach the most important thing he has learned. For more information on Bhante Subhuti subscribe to https://americanmonk.org The original video was posted at Lifestyle Choices channel at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwqxpmyFsNc

Part 1 of 2: A Bhante Subhuti was asked what was the most important lesson he has learned and the most important lesson he teaches. They were the same, because one should teach the most important thing he has learned. The original file can be viewed at Lifestyle Choices Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGj58M0g1TM&t=11s

Interview 3 with Nikita who was monk at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery for one year. Original interview can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUInyERnZmc

Interview 2 from Nikita who was a monk at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery for one year. More stories of alms in Hawaii and practices. Original video (the same exact video) can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YApvayx-Jfk