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A Buddhist Culture of Giving

A Buddhist Culture of Giving

Myanmar Musings · Myanmar Musings

January 6, 202149m 32s

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Show Notes

What is Myanmar's culture of giving and how does the gift work to maintain social bonds in rural Myanmar? Dr Hiroko Kawanami, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK, discusses her recently published book with Bloomsbury Academic Press, "The Culture of Giving in Myanmar: Buddhist Offerings, Reciprocity and Interdependence" (2020).