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Anthropology, community guides, and different perspectives — labeled as research, essay, or toolkit.

Research

Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Gifts

Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology

A scholarly overview of gift exchange. Gift systems are diverse; many include obligation.

Essay / book

Robin Wall Kimmerer (author site)

Author description of a book on abundance and reciprocity with the living world. Not an endorsement.

Interpretive

Transparent Film / Charles Eisenstein

An interpretive argument about money and gifts, not a research paper.

Tradition note

Tricycle

A Buddhist-facing glossary entry on dāna. Indian and Buddhist usages are not identical.

Primary text

IIT Kanpur

Multiple translations of a verse on action without attachment. Canonical teaching lives on Yoga.org / Gita.yoga.org.

Community voice

The Guardian

A Sikh-authored comment on sewa. Langar and Sikh seva are Sikh institutions, not yoga derivatives.

Research

CuiZine / Érudit

An academic article on langar and community meals.

Model toolkit

TimeBanks.Org

Primary description of tracked time-credit exchange.

Commons

Open Source Initiative

License freedoms, including commercial use. Adjacent to gift economies.

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