Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 I am in total agreement with Nandan and Pearl Finn. I made my debut posting on Sri Jagannath group few days back but it hasn't shown up yet so I thought of posting it here. This is the posting from Sri Jagannath's group. SJC administration needs to facilitate the donation process by providing easy and convenient methods for accepting donations. Pearl said it rightly that if we all donate even small amounts, it will make a diffeernce as a whole. We shouldn't feel shy or shouldn't discard the notion of providing our support thinking that our support is small or what difference will it make? Let me share a story of a small boy and an old man. An old man who was walking along the beach early in the morning. As the tide is going out and sun is coming up, it gets lighter and lighter and the old man spies a figure running along the beach, appearing to be dancing. When he finally gets close enough he sees that it's a young boy, picking up star fish that he finds lying in the sand...throwing them back into the ocean. " What on earth are you doing? " , says the old man to the boy. The boy stops and says, " The tide is going out and soon the sun will be high in the sky. These star fish will be stranded here in the hot sun and if they're not put back in the water, they'll die. " The old man looked at the boy and looked at the beach. " You have an impossible task ahead of you. The beach stretches on and on for miles. There are hundreds of starfish. What possible difference can you make? " The boy stooped down, picked up a star fish and flung it out into the water. Then he turned and looked at the old man and said, " It made a difference to that one. " You've probably heard that story before...but... That's what it's all about...making a difference. Your help and support will definitely make a difference to the SJC's vision. I am probably a future student of Astrology but I like reading the astrological discussions. I appreciate the members, group, SJVC and all who contribute and share their knowledge with others. May God bless all. Best Regards Jiten , Nandan Chakraborty <nanadhan> wrote: > Hi > > Please do us a favour, whoever is the right person for this. On the > web-site itself (where easily locateable at any time donors want to), > please provide bank a/c no where anyone can deposit electronically thru > ATMs (put in a cheque/ cash) without any hassles, for those in India. > Similarly, some no. for those abroad. Obviously with details of correct > " Payee " name. > > Often these messages come by e-mail, where to remember later is > difficult, as most of us are willing, but would as lump sums, rather > than every week, & would not know where to look for the apt CONVENIENT > mechanism when we decide to put in the monies. E-mails can always be > sent REFERRING to that e-location as reminders by any well-wisher > within the various e-groups. > > Eg the minute I got the opportunity ot donate, I immediately became a > life member of Jyotish Digest, tho I hardly get time to see astrology > e-mails any more, & haven't even received the last 2-3 issues tho my > address change was intimated. As far as I am concerned, it was an > opportunity to donate, from a person who realises he has little time > for astrology till some time later - but is ingratiated to Gurudev/ > Narasimha & other Gurus for changing their lives in many ways, > nevertheless, irrespective of astrology. > > On every related site, ie Gurudev's own, etc, & in the files section of > all the related mailing lists, please put in this same bank info. > > Please let Gurudev or Sarbani or some other administrative office > bearer of the SJC whose e-id we all recognise eg Sarajit/ Visti, or > ofcourse Narasimha (no offence meant to any Gurus I have missed) send a > mail from his e-id noting once & for all, about the apt mechanism & > which files it is stored permanently. And PLEASE let that a/c no. not > be changed later, so that we all know that the a/c no is genuinely > Gurudev's & not some e-pretender & STABLE. > > Can someone also check the legality of the institution accepting > donations, so that Gurudev doesn't unnecessarily get into trouble in > these pre-election days. > > The problem with SJC's financial needs are the same as that of India : > a WALL of money is willing to rush in - the problem is the convenience > of the FRAMEWORK for accepting it, not the willingness to give it. I > talk as an erstwhile manager of private equity funds (70% of investment > by foreign institutions) & current employee (research head) of a > leading stock broker, approx 80% of whose business comes from > foreigners!!! Same issues, conceptually. > > Pranams to all > > Nandan > > --- Pearl Finn <pearls@t...> wrote: > Om Gurave Namah > > > > Dear All, > > When I was in Puri in January there were a few things that were of > > real concern to me that I would like to bring to your attention. One > > was finance and the other is access to knowledge. In this mail I > > would like to discuss finance as I feel this is most urgent. > > > > As you all know it is a great privilege to have Sanjay's teaching > > available to us online and we lost access to it during last year due > > to his need to travel to America to raise funds to support himself > > and his vision for SJC. This man gave up his fulltime employment to > > dedicate his life to making the wisdom of Jyotish available to us and > > we need to be more generous in our support of him. > > > > We are indebted to the people to have had the vision to support him > > so far and this burden needs to be spread more evenly and where > > necessary these people need to be repaid. > > > > We are the people who are benefiting from Sanjay's profound wisdom, > > without him there is no SJC and we will be back in the dark > > struggling to understand the complexities of this great subject. > > > > Sanjay Rath and SJC needs your ongoing financial support and I feel > > an obligation to make this appeal. There are approx. 1700-2000 > > people on these lists and if everyone contributed a minimum of > > 5euros/dollars/rupees (whatever your currency) PER WEEK it would > > remove a great burden of worry from Sanjay. > > > > We have been very privileged over the last 5 years to have access to > > this mans teaching. By supporting him financially we are > > safeguarding a great asset and participating in giving birth to an > > institution of learning for the generations to come. > > PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY > > OM TAT SAT > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 ::Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya:: Dear Jitendra, I think SJC has a paypal account and Narayan Iyer knws more about this as Treasurer SJC USA. I think SJC US/India need to coordinate this to make it more convenient. Narayan, Can SJC USA receive the funds and transfer it to SJC India or have some mechanism for handling the donation for building fund? With best regards, Sanjay Rath Maling address: 212 Gopal Ballav Road, Puri 752001, India; Tel: 91.6752.226269; webpages: http://srath.com -------------------------------- Jitendra_Agarwal [chunmun] Monday, February 23, 2004 9:48 PMvarahamihira Subject: |Sri Varaha| SJC and Funds I am in total agreement with Nandan and Pearl Finn. I made my debut posting on Sri Jagannath group few days back but it hasn't shown up yet so I thought of posting it here. This is the posting from Sri Jagannath's group. SJC administration needs to facilitate the donation process by providing easy and convenient methods for accepting donations. Pearl said it rightly that if we all donate even small amounts, it will make a diffeernce as a whole. We shouldn't feel shy or shouldn't discard the notion of providing our support thinking that our support is small or what difference will it make? Let me share a story of a small boy and an old man. An old man who was walking along the beach early in the morning. As the tide is going out and sun is coming up, it gets lighter and lighter and the old man spies a figure running along the beach, appearing to be dancing. When he finally gets close enough he sees that it's a young boy, picking up star fish that he finds lying in the sand...throwing them back into the ocean. "What on earth are you doing?", says the old man to the boy.The boy stops and says, "The tide is going out and soon the sun willbe high in the sky. These star fish will be stranded here in the hotsun and if they're not put back in the water, they'll die."The old man looked at the boy and looked at the beach. "You have animpossible task ahead of you. The beach stretches on and on formiles. There are hundreds of starfish. What possible difference canyou make?"The boy stooped down, picked up a star fish and flung it out into thewater. Then he turned and looked at the old man and said, "It made adifference to that one."You've probably heard that story before...but... That's what it's allabout...making a difference. Your help and support will definitely make a difference to the SJC's vision.I am probably a future student of Astrology but I like reading the astrological discussions. I appreciate the members, group, SJVC and all who contribute and share their knowledge with others.May God bless all.Best RegardsJiten , Nandan Chakraborty <nanadhan> wrote:> Hi> > Please do us a favour, whoever is the right person for this. On the> web-site itself (where easily locateable at any time donors want to),> please provide bank a/c no where anyone can deposit electronically thru> ATMs (put in a cheque/ cash) without any hassles, for those in India.> Similarly, some no. for those abroad. Obviously with details of correct> "Payee" name.> > Often these messages come by e-mail, where to remember later is> difficult, as most of us are willing, but would as lump sums, rather> than every week, & would not know where to look for the apt CONVENIENT> mechanism when we decide to put in the monies. E-mails can always be> sent REFERRING to that e-location as reminders by any well-wisher> within the various e-groups.> > Eg the minute I got the opportunity ot donate, I immediately became a> life member of Jyotish Digest, tho I hardly get time to see astrology> e-mails any more, & haven't even received the last 2-3 issues tho my> address change was intimated. As far as I am concerned, it was an> opportunity to donate, from a person who realises he has little time> for astrology till some time later - but is ingratiated to Gurudev/> Narasimha & other Gurus for changing their lives in many ways,> nevertheless, irrespective of astrology.> > On every related site, ie Gurudev's own, etc, & in the files section of> all the related mailing lists, please put in this same bank info. > > Please let Gurudev or Sarbani or some other administrative office> bearer of the SJC whose e-id we all recognise eg Sarajit/ Visti, or> ofcourse Narasimha (no offence meant to any Gurus I have missed) send a> mail from his e-id noting once & for all, about the apt mechanism & > which files it is stored permanently. And PLEASE let that a/c no. not> be changed later, so that we all know that the a/c no is genuinely> Gurudev's & not some e-pretender & STABLE. > > Can someone also check the legality of the institution accepting> donations, so that Gurudev doesn't unnecessarily get into trouble in> these pre-election days.> > The problem with SJC's financial needs are the same as that of India :> a WALL of money is willing to rush in - the problem is the convenience> of the FRAMEWORK for accepting it, not the willingness to give it. I> talk as an erstwhile manager of private equity funds (70% of investment> by foreign institutions) & current employee (research head) of a> leading stock broker, approx 80% of whose business comes from> foreigners!!! Same issues, conceptually.> > Pranams to all> > Nandan> > --- Pearl Finn <pearls@t...> wrote: > Om Gurave Namah> > > > Dear All,> > When I was in Puri in January there were a few things that were of> > real concern to me that I would like to bring to your attention. One> > was finance and the other is access to knowledge. In this mail I> > would like to discuss finance as I feel this is most urgent.> > > > As you all know it is a great privilege to have Sanjay's teaching> > available to us online and we lost access to it during last year due> > to his need to travel to America to raise funds to support himself> > and his vision for SJC. This man gave up his fulltime employment to> > dedicate his life to making the wisdom of Jyotish available to us and> > we need to be more generous in our support of him.> > > > We are indebted to the people to have had the vision to support him> > so far and this burden needs to be spread more evenly and where> > necessary these people need to be repaid. > > > > We are the people who are benefiting from Sanjay's profound wisdom,> > without him there is no SJC and we will be back in the dark> > struggling to understand the complexities of this great subject.> > > > Sanjay Rath and SJC needs your ongoing financial support and I feel> > an obligation to make this appeal. There are approx. 1700-2000> > people on these lists and if everyone contributed a minimum of> > 5euros/dollars/rupees (whatever your currency) PER WEEK it would> > remove a great burden of worry from Sanjay. > > > > We have been very privileged over the last 5 years to have access to> > this mans teaching. By supporting him financially we are> > safeguarding a great asset and participating in giving birth to an> > institution of learning for the generations to come. > > PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY> > OM TAT SAT> > > |Om Tat Sat|http://www.varahamihira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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