Karma as Payment, and Labour as Spiritual Exchange

Authors

  • Eden Arizona Cooper University of Edinburgh Social Anthropology Department

Keywords:

Keywords: Buddhism, labour, work, exchange, the gift.

Abstract

This piece of ethnography focuses on extrapolating ideas on the inherent value of labour as a form of exchange in Buddhist religious and material economy. From drawing on my ethnographic fieldwork in Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre, I explore how lay residents redefine socioeconomic structures by using different Buddhist doctrines to create their own value of labour.

 

Keywords: Buddhism, labour, work, exchange, the gift.

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Published

20-Jun-2018

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): Summer 2018

Section

Academic Essays

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How to Cite

Karma as Payment, and Labour as Spiritual Exchange. (2018). re:Think - a Journal of Creative Ethnography, 1(1), 25-34. https://journals.ed.ac.uk/rethink/article/view/2604