They are places where physical and spiritual worlds overlap, and Tantric practice effectiveness increases with multiple perception dimensions.
Pilgrims who travel to these wild and distant places often recount extraordinary experiences similar to those encountered by Buddhist spiritual practitioners on the path to liberation.
[5] Beyul are often understood to embody dharmapala and lords of the land, which are associated with geographic features such as mountains, trees, rocks, and water sources.
Pilgrims make ritual offerings to these beings to appease their wrathful nature, and to renew the symbolic unity that people share with them.
[6] In Nepal and Tibet around Mount Everest are the Khenbalung, Solukhumbu, Rolwaling, Rongshar, Kyirong and Nubri sacred valleys.