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If you pass through the hole, you are on your way to paradise.<\/p>\n<p>So visitors from all over wiggle their way through the hole and become one with the universe! Amazing! These people simply visit Asia and have achieved what takes others decades, just by having their friends or family members yank in their arms and coming out the other end! No reports as to how many people have gotten stuck, so they probably let visitors decide for themselves if they&#8217;re going to fit in.<\/p>\n<p>They say that the hole itself is the exact dimensions of one of the nostrils in the gigantic Buddha statue at the temple. And since you can&#8217;t go through that, this is the next best thing. What they don&#8217;t tell you is: why the hole is on the ground level. Maybe it&#8217;s the &#8220;humble&#8221; crawl\/wiggle that creates a &#8220;rebirth&#8221; in the eyes of the universe? 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