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TIMELINE OF EVENTS

The 1st Reting Rinpoche: NGAWANG CHOKDEN (1677-1751)

1677	takes birth at Jentsa Karmo Puk in Do Med	DLAC
1687	enters Chakhyung for studies with his paternal uncle Ngawang Tsultrim	DLAC
1691	goes to Central Tibet where he enters Sera Samlo	DLAC
1696	examinations at Sangphu	DLAC
1701	participates in the Lhasa Monlam debates	DLAC
	takes full ordination and enters Gyudmed for tantric studies	DLAC
1705	becomes Tantric discipline master (Gekoe) at Gyumed	DLAC
	returns to Do Me to visit the monasteries of Chakyung, Kumbum, Konlung and Tsenpo to pledging his continued commitment to the path; erects stupas for his father and mother	DLAC
1710-1717	becomes abbot of Ngari Tholing and restores the thousands of stupas erected by Lochen Rinchen Zangpo	DLAC
1719-1729	throneholder of Gyumed	DLAC
1720	founds monastery at rgyud smad chos thog khang (stag rtse rdzong)	TBRC
1728	becomes the tutor of the 7th Dalai Lama and goes to Karthar	DLAC
1739	given imperial title of A-chi-thu No-min-han	DLAC
1740	destroys cairn of Dorje Shugden on Jangtse mountain	DRC
1739-1746	54th Throneholder of Dga'-ldan; collects and masters all the lineages of the Kalachakra Tantra that had been gathered and propagated by Lama Tsongkhapa and his disciples	DLAC
1748	makes a gift of the jewel ornament, the gold and silver throne and the cloth covering for the statue of Jowo Lokeshwara, which the 7th Dalai Lama had made, to Chakyung monastery	DLAC
1751	passes away	DLAC

The 2nd Reting Rinpoche:
LOBSANG YESHE TENPA RABGYE (1759-1815)

1759	takes birth at li thang rdzong	DLAC
1761	requests the anointing ceremony of Virhphotakah from the Lithang abbot Puntsok Gyatso; recognized asreincarnation of the Great Throneholder Dorje Chang Ngawang Chokden; given the name Losang Tendar	DLAC
1765	goes to Central Tibet and occupies the Golden Throne at Reting; takes ordination from Panchen Palden Yeshe; studies under his tutor Trichen Ngawang Choedrak	DLAC
1769	enters the monastic college at Serje to study Valid Cognition, Madhyamaka, Prajnaparamita, Abhidharma, and Vinaya under the tutelage of Choeje Jampa Moenlam	DLAC
1770	granted title of Hutuktu Archimen Nomihan by the Chinese Emperor Emperor Gaozong	Kiciyelfu
1780	given the title of Lharampa Geshe at Serje college; takes full ordination vows from Panchen Palden Yeshe; enters the Palden Lower Tantric college	DLAC
1806	instructed by the Dalai Lama, he stays at Drepung as tutor to Changya Rinpoche; gives give the Shag anthology of explanations and reading transmissions of the essential meaning of the Graded Path to a large assembly of ordained monks at Serje Monastery	DLAC
1815	passes away	DLAC

The 3rd Reting Rinpoche:
NGAWANG YESHE TSULTRIM GYALTSEN (1816-1863)

1816	takes birth	TBRC
early age	requests to be recognized as the Tulku of Losang Yeshe Tenpa Rabgye; enthroned at his seat, takes first ordination, novice and full ordination vows; enters the school for religious study and debate at Serje Monastic College	DLAC
1845	chi'i hran am ban rnam gnyis nas bod kyi las don skor gyi gtan 'bebs don tshan nyer brgyad pa bkod gnang mdzad nas zla ba kha shas rjes su rwa sgreng ho thog thu ngag dbang ye shes tshul khrims bod kyi srid skyong du bskyod/ gong mas 'ja' sa dang tham ka gnang/	TBRC
1845-1856	becomes regent of the Kashag Government and looks after the administration of the country	DLAC
1853	awarded title and seal of Hotuktu	TBRC
1855	the 11th Dalai Lama Gyalwa Khedrub Gyatso takes over the administration of Tibet but passes away suddenly in the same year, whereupon Reting Rinpoche acts as interim regent; gives the 12th Dalai Lama Trinlay Gyatso inauguration and ordination vows Gorkhas wage war and attack Tibet; Reting Rinpoche forced to grant some special powers such as the permanent permission for a representative of the Nepalese government to stay in Lhasa; expells/demotes Shedra Wangchuk, who had taken the rank of a royal minister	TBRC DLAC
1862	'bras spungs rig gra'i gtong sgo'i skor la dus zing byung nas de lo'i smon lam chen mo bod zla dgu pa'i bar 'gyangs shing/ dga' 'bras drung spyi bcas nas srid skyong rwa sgreng rin po cher ngo rgol sid 'gyur gyi dus zing bslangs stabs byang lam nas sku 'bum brgyud pe cin du phebs dgos byung/ rgyal dbang chos rje 'phrin las rnam rgyal yang dus zing gi nang sku bkrongs/ bka' zur bshad sgra dbang phyug rgyal po srid skyong du bskyod	TBRC
1862	goes to Beijing, secretly taking with him the seal of the regent, because of the incident known as ‘reducing the expenditures for monastic rites of the Rigdra [i.e. the committee consisting of abbots that governs the monastery as a whole] at Drepung’; Chinese Emperor, King Tungtre influences him to adopt a neutral stance.	DLAC
1863	passes away; Tibetan government hands over his whole estate to Reting monastery	TBRC, DLAC

The 4th Reting Rinpoche:
NGAWANG LOBSANG YESHE TENPAI GYALTSEN

The 5th Reting Rinpoche:
THUBDEN JAMPAL YESHE TENPAI GYALTSEN (1912-1947)

1912	takes birth at Dagpo Gyatso Dzong (Note: Some sources state 1919, which leads to numerous inconsistencies)	DLAC
early age	recognized by 13th Dalai Lama Thudben Gyatso as the Tulku of the Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenpai Gyaltsen and installed on the throne of his seat	DLAC
	enters Serje Monastic College to study Valid Cognition, Madhyamaka, Prajnaparamita, Abhidharma, Vinaya; awarded title of Lharampa Geshe	DLAC

1933	13th Dalai Lama visits Reting monastery and gives Reting Rinpoche his divination manuscript and dice; then passes away	Goldstein
1934-1941	becomes acting regent of the Kashag government and was in charge of the administration of Tibet for seven years; erects memorial stupa for the 13th Dalai Lama Thubden Gyatso	DLAC
1935	visits Lake Lhamolatso where he has visions that lead to the discovery of the 14th Dalai Lama	Wangdu
1936-37	receives members of the Gould mission to Lhasa. 27th August: official reception; 6th October: regent visits Samye monastery for 6 weeks	Chapman
	offers him the ordination vows; assumes responsibility as his tutor; establishes the office of an Kuomintang representative in Lhasa;	DLAC
	invites Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche to Lhasa and receives many Dzogchen teachings	Lotus
1938-39	asks to be allowed to resign from regency; Kashag asks assistant regent Yashi Langdun to withdraw from office;
1939	conductes enthronement ceremony and writes long-life prayer for 14th Dalai Lama	Crystal
1940	enemies spread rumours about affair with his sister-in-law; performs ordination ceremony for 14th Dalai Lama	Xiong Ji HHDL
1941	takes leave as acting regent and stays in retreat at Reting Monastery; Taktra is appointed his successor and sutra-instructor to the 14th Dalai Lama	DLAC Xiong Ji
1944	returns to Lhasa where Taktra refuses to step down	Goldstein
1947	arrested and imprisoned in Lhasa; murdered on 8th May	Goldstein xxx

Sources

For detailled bibliographical references see References.

Chapman = Chapman, Spencer F. Lhasa the Holy City.

Crystal = Reting Rinpoche. A Crystal Wishing Gem: A Prayer for the Long Life of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

DLAC = Jungnay, Kozhul Dragpa, and Gyalwa Lozang Khaydrub (2006). Dictionary of Learned And/Or Accomplished Beings Who Appeared In the Snowy Land

DRC = Dolgyal Research Committee. A Brief History Of Opposition To Shugden

HHDL = Dalai Lama (1990, 1998). Freedom in Exile. The autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet.

Kiciyelfu = Kiciyelfu. A Textual Study of The Post and Rank of "Khutukhtu" in Tibetan Buddhism. China Tibetology. http://www.humanrights-china.org/zt/03102406/20031200416102317.htm; accessed 31st October 2006

Lotus = Light of Lotus. Issue 3. June 2000

TBRC = Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center

Xiong Ji = Xiong Ji. Radreng the regent

Wangdu = Khemey Sonam Wangdu. Discovery of the Dalai Lama

Last updated November 2006