Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin in Chinese, Chenrezig in Tibetan) is the bodhisattva who hears the cries of the world. The Lotus Sutra says Avalokiteshvara assumes whatever form is needed to reach those who suffer — thirty-three manifestations, from Buddha to merchant to child. Hex 8 (Holding Together) is water over earth: water flows to water, finding its own level, gathering all streams. The hexagram speaks of the one around whom others gather — 'those who are uncertain gradually join.' Hex 19 (Approach) is the movement toward those who need help, earth inclining toward the lake. Avalokiteshvara's thousand arms are not metaphor — they are the image of a compassion that reaches in every direction simultaneously. The I-Ching's Hex 8 asks: 'Does one have sublime and enduring perseverance? Then there is no blame.' Avalokiteshvara's perseverance is to delay personal nirvana until every being is free.