Wonderful Voice Bodhisattva promises protection for those who call its name. But this Bodhisattva also provides us with a model upon which to base our own actions and we are able to do so because of our faith and practice of the Lotus Sutra. Calling out the name and believing in the name are two actions that seem distinct yet truly one feeds the other. Our own experiences of joy and overcoming of the sufferings of life enables us to foster within ourselves the capability of compassion like this Bodhisattva. A person drowning in suffering lacks the capacity to truly help countless others, but a life of joy and enlightenment has the power and capacity to lift up and save many.