Management of temple should spend donated wealth t

[dattaswami]

Management of temple should spend donated wealth to help the poor

Lack of discrimination is the greatest sin in view of God.

 

 

The extent of the determination to sacrifice wealth for the sake of God is one important angle. Another important angle is the recognition of human form of God, who enjoys your sacrifice. You might have reached the climax of the first angle. In such case, you sacrifice your wealth to temples but not to human incarnation, which will be properly utilized by Him. The wealth sacrificed by you to the temples is not properly utilized by the people of management of the temple. They distribute the food among all the devotees, who visit the temple. Such sacrifice is totally waste. You must differentiate the poor devotees and help them by such donated wealth. You can help even an atheist, who is a poor person. If the atheist becomes free of the worries of the poverty, he will have peaceful mind to think about God and in course of time, he may become a great devotee of God. You are helping him by providing a chance to become the devotee of God.

 

Therefore, the management of temple should spend the devoted wealth to help the poor people and not to help the rich devotees, who are not in need. The service is being done to all the devotees irrespective of their need. This lack of discrimination is the greatest sin in view of God. Therefore, the donor himself should do such service by spending some time in such important effort. This will be far better than the blind donation to some agency, which itself is blind. You must help the poor people irrespective of their devotion because even an atheist has chance to become a devotee after becoming peaceful in mind.

[James Bond]

The bottom line is that people give the

most money where they are the most

involved. Strangers don’t give a great

deal of money. Friends do. Our goal as

nonprofits must be to seek

INVOLVEMENT as well as dollars. OWNERSHIP as well as donations. We

must rely on the on-going and

increasing support of friends. Effective asking doesn’t make your

prospects feel like they are being

“beat up” for money every five

minutes. Effective asking creates

ownership, involvement and on-going

support. Recognize that donors hate to be sold to, and that fundraisers and

donors must be on the same side of

the table. Fundraising is entirely inseparable

from the cause and donors are

shareholders in our cause. It is as

much theirs as it is ours. Fundraising is ultimately an exchange;

you have something the donor wants

and the donor has something you

want. When the exchange is made, it is

magic for all involved. After all, doesn’t

every parent have a need to see their children maintain Hindu values? Although it can be anxiety producing

to ask for money the first few times

you do it, it is thrilling to get a

commitment from a major donor. The

most effective way to raise the most

amount of funds from people is also the oldest way. Asking for it. Although

there is no quick fix” in fundraising, it

is easy to say “no” to a letter or a

phone call. It is hard to say no to your

face!

[dattaswami]

The bottom line is that people give the

most money where they are the most

involved. Strangers don’t give a great

deal of money. Friends do. Our goal as

nonprofits must be to seek

INVOLVEMENT as well as dollars. OWNERSHIP as well as donations. We

must rely on the on-going and

increasing support of friends. Effective asking doesn’t make your

prospects feel like they are being

“beat up” for money every five

minutes. Effective asking creates

ownership, involvement and on-going

support. Recognize that donors hate to be sold to, and that fundraisers and

donors must be on the same side of

the table. Fundraising is entirely inseparable

from the cause and donors are

shareholders in our cause. It is as

much theirs as it is ours. Fundraising is ultimately an exchange;

you have something the donor wants

and the donor has something you

want. When the exchange is made, it is

magic for all involved. After all, doesn’t

every parent have a need to see their children maintain Hindu values? Although it can be anxiety producing

to ask for money the first few times

you do it, it is thrilling to get a

commitment from a major donor. The

most effective way to raise the most

amount of funds from people is also the oldest way. Asking for it. Although

there is no quick fix” in fundraising, it

is easy to say “no” to a letter or a

phone call. It is hard to say no to your

face!

Sacrificing money to God

 

Offering money to Lord Datta as ‘Guru Dakshina’ is really appreciable because it is the practical sacrifice, which is the real test for love. You really love your wife and children and so you are giving your money to them. If you really love the Lord, you will give the money to Him. Money is called ‘Karma phala’ in the Gita i.e., the fruit of your work. Sacrifice of that money is called ‘Karma Phala Tyaga’, which is stressed throughout the Gita.

 

But offering money to the Lord as a bribe for getting some work is the worst aspect. ‘Ishavasyam Upanishad’ says in the very first hymn, “All this money belongs to the Lord. Take the minimum required. If you have taken extra, return it to the Lord”. The Veda further says, “Return it to the Lord with shyness and fear because you have stolen it, which was extra and not permitted by the Lord”. So, you have to offer ‘Guru Dakshina’ (money offered to the Lord) without aspiring any result from it. The stolen extra money will bring you all problems.