The Treasury of Lives

The Tukwan incarnation line is named for the clan of the First Tukwan, Lobzang Rabten, who was born into a Mongol family of Tuguan chieftains in Amdo in the seventeenth century. The Tukwan seat is at Gonlung, a Geluk monastery in Amdo. The Third Tukwan, Lobzang Chokyi Nyima travelled widely between China, central Tibet and Mongolia, and his extensive writings are well known and include his monumental survey of Asian religious and thought.