I said, I was drawn to Kannon at the start because I felt in need of her comfort and protection, very much the relationship one has with the Virgin if one happens to grow up with the Virgin. But as time went on, and especially after becoming a mother, I began to feel a reproach in her, an ideal that I was always falling short of.
My teacher thought a moment and said, it’s true, there are two Kannons. But in my experience, she only pulls out that sword when there is real need of it.
