Guanyin
ella que escucha los llantos del mundo
waterGuanyin se detuvo en la puerta del paraíso para responder a cada llanto de sufrimiento en el mundo; soñar con ella es sentirte escuchado en el exacto centro de tu dolor, y ser invitado a hacer lo mismo por alguien más.
In her vase is dew from the willow branch, and one drop is enough; mercy does not arrive in floods but in small, exact amounts.
She wears a thousand eyes on her thousand hands, so that no cry lands unseen and no reaching hand is ever left unanswered.
Fishermen's wives still light her lamp on storm nights, and the light, they swear, has been seen walking out over the waves.
She refused to enter nirvana until the last being goes before her; the door of paradise is held open by her patience alone.