Career
Soon after his nomination as a regent, he was appointed head of the Dalai Lama"s household (the Ganden Podrang) as well. As treasurer of the Ganden Palace he was the prime architect of the rise to political power of the Gelugpa school under the 5th Dalai Lama. According to the 14th Dalai Lama he was the chief attendant of the 4th Dalai Lama, who discovered the incarnation of the 5th Dalai Lama.
