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Photo shows a statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, which was conferred to Gonzhi Rinpoche the abbot of Bore Monastery by the 5th Dalai Lama Ngawang Lozang Gyatso. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Thanks to the sharira (Buddha's relic) filled inside, it is believed that this statue has a spirit which would fly away without the cloth tied in its arm.

Moreover, the heart of the statue has a temperature. "It can melt yak butter when the surrounding temperature is 20 degree centigrade below zero in winter," said Lorong Rinpoche who once conducted a little experiment. The experiment made this statue more divine to the Buddhists in the Bore Monastery.

Yet, Lorong Rinpoche also pointed out that cultural-relic researchers including Luo Wenhua with the Palace Museum at the Forbidden City explained the reason that the cardiac part of the statue has a temperature is about the manmade mixture of the material.

Photo shows a Shakyamuni Buddha statue (left) taking after the one the same size with 12-year-old Buddha Shakyamuni consecrated in Lhasa's Jokhang Temple. According to Lorong Rinpoche, it is considered as one of the 18 Buddha statues conferred by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty when Princess Wencheng was married to the Tubo King Tsongtsen Gampo in 641 A.D., which was bestowed to the Bore Monastery at the same time. Yet, it is identified by experts that the statue can be dated back to 400 to 500 years ago in between the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties (1644-1911). "But, it still means the same to us," said Lorong Rinpoche, adding that this statue was consecrated meticulously in the Bore temple. [Photo/China Tibet Online]