...the Nepali view of the world is dominated by puja; prayer and ritual and a knowledge that the gods are not remote, abstract concepts but living, present beings, who can influence human affairs in very direct ways. Nepalis perceive the divine everywhere, from the namaste gretting that literally means 'I greet the divine inside of you', to the spirits and gods present in tress, sacred river confluences ( dhoban) and mountain peaks.
The notions of karma and caste, when combined a tangled bureaucracy and deep-rooted corruption, tend to create an endemic sense of fatalism in Nepal. Confronted with problems, many Nepalis will simply respond with a shrug of the shoulders and the phrase khe garne? ('what is there to do?'), which Westerners often find frustration.
Very spiritual land indeed.
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