The Andean principle ayni requires balanced reciprocal giving to earth and community

Evidence

But — and this is the heart of the Andean way — the relationship between the people and Pachamama is one of RECIPROCITY. The Andean word for this sacred principle of mutual giving is ayni: the idea that everything must be balanced, that for everything you receive you must give something back, that you cannot only TAKE — you must also GIVE. This principle of ayni — reciprocity, mutual giving, balance — runs through all of Andean life: people help one another with their work and expect help in return; and above all, the people must give back to Pachamama in return for all she gives them. — , A Year of World Stories, 10687

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes ayni, a core Andean ethical concept of reciprocity governing both social and ecological relations.
• XREF: Connects to sustainability and gift-economy literature and to the reader’s interest in ecological ethics. — connects to: Andean ethics require reciprocal exchange with the earth as a living mother — , A Year of World Stories, 10689; Andean peoples bound humans, animals, land, and earth in a sacred web of reciprocity — , A Year of World Stories, 10887; Maori utu requires response to wrongs to restore cosmic balance — , A Year of World Stories, 12437 (+6 more)

Related

• Andean ethics require reciprocal exchange with the earth as a living mother (similarity 0.92)
• Andean peoples bound humans, animals, land, and earth in a sacred web of reciprocity (similarity 0.86)
• Reciprocity with the earth is a hard-won harmony, not a naturally given state (similarity 0.80)
• Dene land relations frame reciprocal obligations between humans and nonhumans. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Andean ethics require reciprocal exchange with the earth as a living mother #corroborates (0.85) — , A Year of World Stories, 10689
• Andean peoples bound humans, animals, land, and earth in a sacred web of reciprocity #corroborates (0.80) — , A Year of World Stories, 10887
• Local place-based relations gave pre-modern communities solidity #exemplifies (0.78) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 247
• Maori utu requires response to wrongs to restore cosmic balance #corroborates (0.55) — , A Year of World Stories, 12437