she knew suffering in that life too. Rejected at birth and abused by a father who had wanted a son, Kuan Yin wanted only to become a nun. Eventually her father relented and she was allowed to pursue her dream of religious life.
But her suffering did not end there. Her vengeful father even hired a man to kill her, but she forgave him. In the end, her great love and mercy saved his life and reconciled her parent's to her divinity.
Depicted in statues and paintings, the Goddess Kwan Yin often appears as a calm, gentle woman of middle-age who radiates serenity