This little dove had been moving around the statue for at least 10 minutes before its stepped into the palm of the bodhisattva that stands in the garden at the Nan Hua Temple in Bronkhorstspruit (http://www.nightjartravel.com/cultural/nan-hua-buddhist-centre). 

The fact that the dove chose this bodhisattva, Kuan Yin, was appropriate. She stands pouring the essence of compassion from the vessel in her hands. The belief is that any living being that 'contemplates and whole-heartedly invokes the name of...