The Treasury of Lives

The Gyara Tulkus are said to be the reincarnation of Gyara Sanggye Yeshe, a disciple of Tsongkhapa. Their seat is at Drugu monastery in Kham. The line was established in the mid-16th century when the First Gyara Tulku, Sherab Puntsok was born.

The Riwoche Jedrung incarnation line, also known as the Machen Tulku, dates to the sixteenth century when Drakpa Gyeltsen was recognized as the reincarnation of Tsokye Dorje, who became posthumously known as the First Riwoche Jedrung. The seat is at Riwoche monastery, a major Taklung Kagyu monastery in Kham.

The Drubgyud Tulku line is a Yelpa Kagyu incarnation based at Tana monastery in Nangchen, Kham.

The Kagyu Tulkus are a Barawa Kagyu incarnation line based at Kagyu Gonsar Monastery in the Chumbu valley, southern Tibet. The line originated when Tenzin Nyida was identified as the reincarnation of the prominent seventeenth-century Barawa Kagyu lama Konchok Gyeltsen. The line is also known as the Drubtob Tulkus.