Chapter 5 - The chapter on Snar thang (Gtum ston)

Alias: gtum ston
Origin:
Date: 1285 - 1350
Place:
Event:

Gtum ston blo gros grags pa, by request of shar ba pa, spent in the vicinity of snar thang from 1141 - 1152. While he was practising meditation, a number of followers gathered round him and in 1153 A.D., he founded snar thang. He spent there 14 years and later proceeded to stod of Upper Tibet.

1166 to 1185: rdo ston shes rab grags

1186 to 1195: zhang bstun rdo rje 'od

1196 to 1234: gro ston bdud rtsi grags

1235 to 1244: zhang ston chos kyi bla ma

1245 to 1244: sangs rgyas sgom pa seng ge skyabs

1245 to 1280: mchims nam mkha' grags

1281 to 1296: skyo ston smon lam tshul khrims

1297 to 1303: nyi ma rgyal mtshan

1304 to 1315: ze'u brtson 'grus grags pa

1316 to 1327: ze'u brtson 'grus grags pa’s grags pa shes rab

1328 to 1367: the mahā upādhyāya blo bzang grags pa

1367 to 1374:

1375: the mahā upādhyāya kun rgyal ba

1417: the mahā upādhyāya rin po che grub pa shes rab

1418–1433: the mahā upādhyāya bsod nams mchog grub. In 1433, there was disagreement in the monastery, so bsod names mchog grub moved to dbus but could not come back. There took place much wrangling and even some casualties between the monks and the mahā upādhyāya’s younger brother.

1433: spyan snga grags pa ba, bka' bcu pa bzod pa pa, 'dul 'dzin dpal ldan bzang po

1476 (present): shes rab rgyal mtshan The chapter on snar thang.