An ultra-woke person may call me a sexist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A fact is that Guan-Shi-Yin is female. That, at least, is what is. I cannot help it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides, she started male.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Indian Buddhism, long before Jesus preached his lovely message, \u2018she\u2019 was known as Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of Compassion, center-above-all of Buddhism \u2015 and male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Centuries later, in Tibet, Avalokiteshvara became Chenrezig, half-male-half-female, sometimes depicted as a male with breasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In China, Chenrezig became Guan-Shi-Yin, still bodhisattva of Compassion, but female. This change was probably influenced by the Catholic Virgin Mary or even the African Yemanj\u00e1. I like this. If true, it would be so humanly, sensitively trans-cultural, bringing East and West closer together. [see: “Compassion Connecting East & West<\/a>“]<\/p>\n\n\n\n In any case, it is a nice example of cultural compatibility. [see: \u201cAre Cultures Compatible?<\/a>\u201d]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guan-Shi-Yin is ageless.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Of all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, don\u2019t see her simply as young of age. Rather, she is age-independent. To men (and women) she appears youthful. That\u2019s OK. She might as well appear not-youthful \u2015 not necessarily being the same as old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She embodies the beginner\u2019s mind, the one for whom the world is always young, always new, and full of surprises. At the same time, she is ancient and wise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She who Listens to the suffering of the world<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what Guan-Shi-Yin literally means in English, including \u2013 in my view \u2013 the capital on \u2018Listens.\u2019 [see: \u201cDeep Listening<\/a>\u201d] Does it make sense to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This makes of Guan-Shi-Yin the Primal Coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It makes in-depth coaching into the first calling for those striving for subconceptual (more Eastern) Enlightenment, perfectly compatible with conceptual (more Western) Enlightenment in the best sense. I see both as mutually enhancing. [see: \u201cEnlightenment, Kant, AURELIS, Growth<\/a>\u201d]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Transcending male versus female<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Compassion doesn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In transcendence, Compassion cares more than anything. This caring helps towards nudging\/inviting\/transforming people into total-person human beings of whatever gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A confession<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n