Steve Mollman wrote about Amazon’s monk delivery service:

• After the death of a loved one, finding a monk to administer the last rites is an administrative burden surviving family members can do without.
• People are often gouged – being charged as much as ¥100,000 ($830) or more for a monk’s services, as they’re probably not in a place to start price shopping.
• Enter Amazon which is offering a monk, and a donation, for ¥35,000 ($300). Free shipping is, of course, included.
• Additional services – such as giving the deceased a posthumous name – important in certain strains of Buddhism, cost extra.
• Some of the biggest fans of the platform are monks who are pleased that they no longer have to go through temples to find clients.
• The temples themselves – many of which were already struggling to stay in business – are less happy about this development.

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Source: Quartz

Via: Marginal Revolution