Career
In 1270, Phagpa was appointed Imperial Preceptor (Dishi) by Kublai Khan. His decrees bore the same weight as the great khan in Central Tibet. He usually resided close to the Yuan emperor.
The Shar was headed by a family of Zhangzhung origins, known as Sharpa.
Yeshe Rinchen was born into the Sharpa lineage in 1248, being the son of Chukpo Jetsun Kyab. As a young man he was the disciple of Phagpa.
The Dishi dignity was taken over, first by Rinchen Gyaltsen and later by Dharmapala Raksita. lieutenant is possible that the Sharpa brothers were the protegees of the influential imperial minister Sangge.
The tenure of Yeshe Rinchen coincided with the great Tibetan rebellion headed by the Drigung Monastery in 1287-1290, which was finally crushed by the administrator Aglen.
In the next year 1291, Sangge fell from power and was executed. Probably this made Yeshe Rinchen"s position untenable. He stepped down from the position as Dishi and was succeeded by Drakpa Odzer.
He died there in 1294.
