Editing Mount Everest (section)

==Religious significance==
[[File:Rongbuk Monastery Everest.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Rongbuk Monastery]], with Mount Everest in the background]]

The southern part of Mount Everest is regarded as one of several "hidden valleys" of refuge designated by [[Padmasambhava]], a ninth-century "[[Lotus birth|lotus-born]]" Buddhist saint.<ref name="natgeo1"/>

Near the base of the north side of Everest lies [[Rongbuk Monastery]], which has been called the "sacred threshold to Mount Everest, with the most dramatic views of the world."<ref>{{cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Jeanne-Marie |title=Rongbuk Monastery |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/history/rongbukmon.html |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=14 September 2013 |date=November 2000}}</ref> For [[Sherpa people|Sherpas]] living on the slopes of Everest in the [[Khumbu]] region of Nepal, Rongbuk Monastery is an important pilgrimage site, accessed in a few days of travel across the Himalayas through [[Nangpa La]].<ref name="Ullman">{{cite book |first1=Tenzing |last1=Norgay |first2=James |last2=Ramsey Ullman |author-link1=Tenzing Norgay |author-link2=James Ramsey Ullman |title=Man of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iJR6nQEACAAJ |year=1955 |publisher=[[G.G. Harrap]] |others=also published as ''Tiger of the Snows'' |page=320}}</ref>

[[Miyolangsangma]], a [[Tibet]]an [[Buddhist]] "''Goddess of Inexhaustible Giving''", is believed to have lived at the top of Mount Everest. According to Sherpa Buddhist monks, Mount Everest is Miyolangsangma's palace and playground, and all climbers are only partially welcome guests, having arrived without invitation.<ref name="natgeo1"/>

The [[Sherpa people]] also believe that Mount Everest and its flanks are blessed with spiritual energy, and one should show reverence when passing through this sacred landscape. Here, the [[karma|karmic]] effects of one's actions are magnified, and impure thoughts are best avoided.<ref name="natgeo1">{{cite news |last=Coburn |first=Broughton |title=Mount Everest Fight Raises Questions About Sherpas |url= https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/130501-mount-everest-fight-sherpas-sahibs-world-mountain-climbing|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210228071116/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/130501-mount-everest-fight-sherpas-sahibs-world-mountain-climbing|url-status= dead|archive-date= 28 February 2021|work=[[National Geographic News]] |access-date=11 June 2023 |publisher=[[National Geographic Society]] |agency=[[National Geographic Partners, LLC.]] |date=1 May 2013}}</ref>