‘And by the way,’ he said, ‘I’ve been to the beyul.’

You've been to Beyul Demoshong?’ I was incredulous.

‘So have you,’ he replied dryly, pausing for effect. ‘Beyul Demoshong is congruous with Sikkim, superimposed upon its physical geography. It exists in a kind of parallel dimension. Physically it is Sikkim but it has all these other qualities. Beyul is in the physical landscape of Sikkim. You can physically go there—we've both been to Tashiding, so we've both been to the centre of the Hidden Land. But we don’t know that we've been there because we don't have the right realization.’

— A Step Away from Paradise by Thomas K. Shor, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (Page 166)