In a place like this it is easy to see why religion is so important. It is necessary to have a way of making sense of the suffering. 
And here daily life is seeped in spirituality. It feels natural to flow with it, into it, like water into water (ok so this is exacerbated by the fact that we have been doing pilgrimage to some of the most holy sites in the world...). And at the same time it is disarmingly natural as well... as we bow our heads reverantly at places of massive significance on the Buddhist world map... around people have integrated these powerful places into daily life. Monks play football around the stupa that holds the ashes of an enlightened Lama, women do their hair on the steps of the place where a crystal stupa arose from the ground where the buddha meditated, people carry on a rich and colourful life... and it is a wonderful feeling... 
And here daily life is seeped in spirituality. It feels natural to flow with it, into it, like water into water (ok so this is exacerbated by the fact that we have been doing pilgrimage to some of the most holy sites in the world...). And at the same time it is disarmingly natural as well... as we bow our heads reverantly at places of massive significance on the Buddhist world map... around people have integrated these powerful places into daily life. Monks play football around the stupa that holds the ashes of an enlightened Lama, women do their hair on the steps of the place where a crystal stupa arose from the ground where the buddha meditated, people carry on a rich and colourful life... and it is a wonderful feeling... 
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