Tenzin Jigme was identified as the reincarnation of the fifth Reting Rinpoche
Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen in 1951 and enthroned in 1955. In 1956 (eight years old) he was the first to be assigned to the Tibet Committee of the
Buddhist Association of China. Jigme stayed in Tibet when the Tibetan government went in exile in 1959 during the
Tibetan diaspora. During the
Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) he was publicly denounced by the authorities because of his religious position. Next he was imprisoned for one year. Later he was rehabilitated and at the end of the 1970s he was appointed to several official posts. Comparably with the
tenth Panchen Lama he was married and lived as a layman. His next reincarnation was appointed by the
People's Republic of China. This reincarnation is not recognized by the (itself unrecognized) Central Tibetan Administration in exile. ==References==