The Longing Melody of Faith

[Cinnabar]

On p. 171 of his Cascading Waterfall of Nectar, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche quotes a prayer to Yeshe Tsogyal called The Longing Melody of Faith by Mipham. dad pa'i sdung dbyang.

Does anyone have any information about this?

[pemachophel]

Interesting, I just typed in your Wylie title and got "no results" back.

[yeshegyaltsen]

The spelling is wrong. it should be dad pa'i gdung dbyangs. The full title is mkha' 'gro'i rgyal mo ye shes mtsho rgyal la gsol 'debs dad pa'i gdung dbyangs. Not sure what you would like to know other than what you've already mentioned that it's a prayer to Yeshe Tsogyal composed by Mipham.

[Cinnabar]

Sorry for the typos. It was a struggle with autocorrect on the phone. I was subdued by my own ignorance.

I am always curious where these texts come from. If they're part of a larger collection, written for a particular purpose, used in a particular context.

[Adamantine]

Sorry for the typos. It was a struggle with autocorrect on the phone. I was subdued by my own ignorance.

I am always curious where these texts come from. If they're part of a larger collection, written for a particular purpose, used in a particular context.

I don’t know about this particular text, though I’d imagine the purpose would be to propitiate the blessings of the Wisdom Dakini, Yeshe Tsogyal. In case you’re not already familiar: Mipham Rinpoche was a vastly prolific writer, as well as an incomparable scholar and yogi. I’ve heard him referred to (by those who know Tibetan language well) as the Shakespeare of Tibet. Maybe it would help with context to see this small sample of translations of his collected works: https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/mipham/