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Svaha Devi Dasi (Sharmila Ford) Among Three Indian-Americans Receiving the 2025 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on January 13, 2025 at 5:21pm

13403787455?profile=RESIZE_584xSvaha Devi Dasi in her Florida home. Photo courtesy of Detroit News.

This week, a committee led by the Vice-President of India unanimously selected three influential Indian-Americans for the 2025 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award. One of the three recipients is Svaha Devi Dasi (Dr. Sharmila Ford, PhD), wife of TOVP Chairman Ambarisa Dasa (Alfred Ford). This is the country’s  highest honor for Indians living overseas.

Svaha Devi Dasi, recognized for her exemplary community service, hails from a Beng

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Serving and Honoring Prasad

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on January 3, 2023 at 9:09pm
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I like this idea very much. Our chanting is the medicine and our prasadam is the diet for curing material disease.
 
SP letter to Dayananda (October 17, 1968) 
How to Honor Prasad 
When a devotee distributes prasada, remnants of food offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in order to maintain our spirit of devotional service we must accept this prasada as the Lord's grace received through the pure devotees. Nectar of Instruction (Text 4 Purport) 

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Exploring Your Word of Honor by Mahatma Das

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on January 2, 2023 at 4:00pm

Exploring Your Word of Honor Being Committed in a Non-Committal World

By Mahatma Das

Imagine this scene. After millions of lifetimes you finally make it back to the spiritual world. As you approach the gates of Goloka you are asked to wait because Krsna wants to come and personally greet you. You are getting more excited at every moment. You can hardly believe you have finally made it back to your eternal home.

In the distance you see a beautiful blue form coming towards you. Finally, after tra

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