The Treasury of Lives is an online, open access, peer reviewed,[1] collection of biographical essays, which can be seen as an encyclopedia of historical figures from Tibet, Inner Asia, and the Himalayan Region.

Essays cover a wide range of figures, from Buddhist masters to artists and political officials, most of which are peer reviewed.

Many essays are peer-reviewed and benefit from extensive internal and external links to associated art, maps, place descriptions, family and clan information, and timelines.

The Treasury of Lives was originally known as The Tibetan Lineages Project, led by Moke Mokotoff, Matthieu Ricard and Vivian Kurz.

It became an independent non-profit organization in 2017. Notable authors of the biographies in The Treasury of Lives who have Wikipedia articles include:[citation needed]