“...Unable to endure such passion, he turned into a blue ghost. Or again, a story tells of a lovesick woman who turned into a rock, which was known ever after as ‘the rock of longing for one’s mate.’ Relationships with animals are also the result of karma from former lives.” I knew that what he said was directed at me in particular, and I could feel beads of sweat on my face, and tears. [3.14]