FROM ENLIGHTENED PAGES: "Namaste and Greetings from New Zealand, I am pleased to be able to offer you the Enlightened Pages Award for your impressive website. All the Best and Keep up the Good Work!
Surendra Dass" (Thanks for our first international award! -EM)

ABOUT ENLIGHTENED PAGES: In Surendra Dass' own words (which are so beautiful that I cannot possibly add to them -EM):

"Enlightenment, Nirvana, Inner Peace, Self Realisation, Higher Consciousness, Supreme Knowledge, Oneness with the Universe, Unconditional Love, and God are achievable. There are as many ways of attainment as there are people...

OM is the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet. The significance is that it represents all the sounds in the universe combined. In the beginning, there was nothing and then... there was the Word, the word was Om and all of creation eminates from it... A momentary flash of oneness provides the experience that allows the theoretical to become real.

Awakening need not be total realisation in order to propel one toward their trip home. Some paths are quicker than others, some more austere, and some may take several lifetimes to complete (see "Living the Way of Dharma").

Relax, do not be too hard on yourself, enjoy life and remember that all roads lead to Nirvana and Enlightenment does not care how you get there!"