Gift Securities
Donating appreciated securities to the organization is simple:- Please contact us at (740) 362-2046 for collecting the stock transfer information needed to process the transfer.
- If your securities are held "in street name" with your broker, you only need to send your broker a letter of authorization to transfer (not sell) shares of specific stock(s) to the non-profit's main brokerage account. Your instructions should specify your account number; the date by which you wish to complete the gift, the name and number of shares you would like to donate; and provide the stock transfer information.
- If you are transferring stock from a joint account, both account owners must sign the letter. You can contribute stock from several companies held within the same account.
- Please send a copy of this letter to Chief accountant, Vedic Temple, 820 Pollock Rd, Delaware, OH 43015, or email: info@vedictempleohio.org
- Please, check with your broker soon after sending the letter to ensure that the transfer is complete, especially if you initiate this gift shortly before December 31.
Year-end Considerations
Because of their complexity, securities gifts are best made by December 15.Tax Advantages
Donating appreciated securities gives you distinct tax advantages. If you own publicly traded stocks or bonds that have appreciated in value and are long-term in nature (owned for more than 12 months), you may want to consider the income tax benefits of giving securities over cash:Here's how it works:
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Gift of Stock
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Gift of Cash
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| $3,000 | (current value) | $3,000 |
| 1,000 | (basis-your cost) | |
| 3,000 | (tax deduction) | 3,000 |
| 1,080 | (tax savings @ 36%) | 1,080 |
| 400 | (capital gains tax savings*) | |
| 1,480 | (total tax savings) | 1,080 |
| 1,520 | (your gift cost) | 1,920 |
*$2,000 gain @ 20% capital gains tax. When you donate appreciated securities, you owe no capital gains tax on the appreciation.
What about stocks that have dropped in value?
If you own stock which has dropped in value, below your cost, consider selling this asset instead, and donating the proceeds. By selling the asset and then making a gift, you will be able to claim a capital loss deduction on your income tax return, and also claim an income tax deduction for your charitable gift.Disclaimer: By contributing to the Vedic Temple of Ohio, you acknowledge that the Vedic Temple of Ohio has full control of the donated funds and full discretion to insure that they are used in furtherance of the Vedic Temple's charitable purposes.
a group of tribes for 30 years to research the tribes" lifestyle. These tribes believed
that by creating an image of a particular person and by invoking that person"s energy
into the clay image they could heal or transmit any disease of that person, even
if the person lived thousands of miles away. This scientist published papers and
a book named "Hidden Mysteries" and produced ample proof, evidence and case studies
in which he reported that in 98% of observations three things were evident. First
conclusion was that they were truly able to heal people of any disease, secondly,
they were able to heal even animals & trees "by making clay models of those
trees and by making vibrations or sounds they could bring the dead tree to life
and thirdly, they were even able to handle energies of dead human beings or talk
and relate to them continuously. In most cases they could bring a dead person to
life within three days.
If
this tribe related to ordinary persons through a clay image why is it mysterious
or strange to relate with the Divine energy that envelopes us and has created the
whole Universe. This is where our ancestors succeeded in giant leaps. It is a common
mistake to think that Hindus worship idols. In Hinduism, there is no idol worship,
but only worship through idols. There is a big difference between idol worship and
worshipping through an idol. When idols are created out of stone, clay, marble or
any other material you would not find one saying "Ok stone give me a boon" or "Ok
marble heal me", instead you would find them saying "Oh Shiva, heal me, bless me"
or "Oh Devi, bless me".
A scientist is a person who creates a formula to recreate
the same experience he has in the outer world. He is able to reproduce this experience
of the outer world in others. The one who is able to reproduce an experience which
happens in the inner world is a mystic. These temples, rituals,
pujas, homas, etc are formulas
created by our Rishis to reproduce those inner world experiences in other
beings. Misunderstandings, not understanding or not practicing these formulas due
to lack of patience, guidance and knowledge does not make it untrue. Before understanding
any of these formulas it is interesting to note a recent research conducted by a
Japanese scientist who has published a book named ‘Messages from water’, also widely
popular due to the movie ‘What the bleep do we know..’. He conducted more
than 300 experiments where he has proved that water can hold, radiate and respond
to our thoughts further proving how thoughts directly affect us human beings who
are composed of 71% water.
radiate
cosmic energy so that humanity can be helped by this positive energy. This whole
universe and universal energy is symbolically constituted of five elements namely
ether, air, water, fire and earth. They have tired to install the energy first in
the earth element in stone idols or ‘moorthis’;
secondly in water or ‘tirthas’ (every
temple has a tank or river); thirdly in fire or ‘agni’
in the form of at least one lamp which is never put off; fourthly in air which is
filled with vibrations of mantras so that the very air vibrates with energy and
finally in ether or space. These temple architectures are created in a dome structure
to hold energy like a battery. If a bolt of lightning could be stored in a battery,
we could supply electricity for more than one year for any big city. These temples
are created to hold enormous energy, so that when enlightened masters come, they
would install their energy in these structures. Our masters have designed beautiful
batteries in the form of temples that can hold this energy and radiate it to help
millions of people for thousands of years. It is because of the concentrated
energy in the central dome structure or ‘garbha
mandir’ that our prayers become a reality.
The science behind realization
of prayers can be explained with an example – anything kept in front of a projector
light, will be seen in the screen. If you keep a slide of a temple scene you will
see the temple. If you keep a slide of an actor or actress you will see their image.
In same manner, any thought kept in front of concentrated energy, will become a
reality. The garbha mandirs of temples hold high, intense potential energies created by enlightened
masters and maintained by regular pujas
and mantras. Continuous repetition of
mantras charges the whole space and keeps it alive. When you stand in front of this
energized moorthy or space and create
a thought or wish, your whole body and mind will be tuned to that thought and so
naturally it will become a reality in your life. In the temples in the energized
space, two things will happen, you will have
shakti or energy to make your dreams into reality, next you will have
buddhi or intelligence to realize that what you see or think as reality
itself is a dream. Enlightened masters designed these temples because they wanted
some space which could continuously heal, inspire and give the humanity an experience
of spirituality.
Nithyananda
was born on January 1st, 1978, as Rajasekaran,
the second child of Arunachalam and Lokanayaki in Thiruvannamalai,
home to Arunachala, the spiritual heart center of our planet. On the tenth day after
his birth, an astrologer was summoned to cast his horoscope and awed by the unique
configuration of planets in Nithyananda’s birthchart exclaimed that Nithyananda
would grow up to be a Raja Sannyasi (King among Swamis).
Around the age of 10, Nithyananda started going to the Ramana Ashram
in Tiruvannamalai, where one day He met Annamalai Swamigal, an enlightened disciple
of Ramana Maharishi. Annamalai Swamigal was a master of the advaita philosophy
of non-duality. A lasting impression was created in the mind of Young Nithyananda
through Annamalai Swamigal’s teachings, which remained a source of strength and
inspiration in years to come. Hs experience with Annamalai Swamigal helped Nithyananda
to go beyond the illusion of thoughts directly into the source of thoughts.
