The Example of Avalokiteshvara

I look to your example, Avalokiteshvara. I aspire to learn your way of listening in order to help relieve the suffering, the stress, and the anxiety in the world. You know how to listen in order to understand. I look to your example in order to practice listening with all my attention and openheartedness. I will sit and listen without prejudice. I will sit and listen without judging. I will sit and listen in order to understand. I will sit and listen so attentively that I will be able to hear what the other person is saying and what is being left unsaid. I know just by listening deeply I already alleviate a great deal of pain and stress in the other person.