to Tibet. They were held at the Lhoka Public Security Bureau (PSB) Detention Centre. The TCHRD also reported that on 19 March 2008, a visiting scholar from Dorje Drak Monastery, Namdrol Khakyab, committed suicide, leaving a note speaking of unbearable suppression by the Chinese regime, citing the innocence of other monks of the monastery, and taking full responsibility for the protest. Statue of Padmasambhava dismantled by Chinese Authorities In May 2007, a 30 ft (9 metre) gold and copper plated statue of Guru Rinpoche, known as Padmasambhava, at Samye Gompa, and apparently funded by two Chinese devotees from Guangzhou in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, was reportedly demolished by Chinese authorities. See also Cham dance Gallery Notes References Dorje, Gyurme. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd Edition. Footprint Handbooks Ltd. . Dowman, Keith. (1988) The Power-places of Central Tibet. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London & New York. . Rene de Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Tibetan Religious Dances (The Hague:Mouton, 1976) Yeshe Tsogyel, The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava, 2 vols., trans. Kenneth Douglas and Gwendolyn Bays (Berkeley: Dharma Publishing, 1978) Pearlman, Ellen (2002). Tibetan Sacred Dance: a journey into the religious and folk traditions. Rochester, Vermont, USA: Inner Traditions. Luke Wagner and Ben Deitle (2007). Samyé External links Samye Monastery - Sacred Destinations Samye - by Travel China guide 770s establishments Religious organizations established in the 8th century Buddhist temples in Shannan, Tibet Nyingma monasteries and temples Sakya monasteries and temples Shannan, Tibet Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Tibet Buddhist schools in Tibet