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Poem of veneration |
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The ten activities
A broad spectrum of cultural expression was subdivided by the Shabdrung into ten activities - five major and five minor ones.
Within the five major activities there are three that should specifically be mentioned:
| nangdenrigpa |
Activities that reflect personal development and self-enlightenment; this includes Buddhist philosophy. |
darigpa,
tshemarigpa |
Activities that involve verbal expression and intercourse between people; also divided into two subgroups: darigpa, which includes poems, stories and grammatical exercises, and tshemarigpa, which involves debating the finer points of religion and, recently, law. |
ngagzo,
yidzo,
sowaripa,
lüzo,
zorig chusum |
activities that assist, teach and uplift others. This category includes: ngagzo, the verbal: words, teachings, worship; yidzo, the mental: meditation, clear thought, good values, prophesying and foretelling the future; sowaripa, knowledge of health, and lüzo, the physical, which includes the zorig chusum, the 13 traditional crafts. |
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