Now that the virus is back with us again, and the more sensible among us are all huddled indoors WFH, binge-watching movies and generally giving in to feelings of despair, may I offer a suggestion? Let us shore up our personal beyuls. What is a beyul? The word stands for ‘hidden valley’ in the Tibetan language, and signifies a glen of peace and refuge somewhere in the Himalaya. Not every Buddhist desperately in need of peace of mind/body/spirit finds a beyul, though; it appears only to those who are spiritually qualified, the deserving insightful traveller. And once these travellers go into a beyul, they rarely if ever re-emerge.