The centre of Mongolian Buddhists, the Gandan Tegchenling Monastery, is a beautiful ancient structure at the outskirts of Ulaan-Baator city which survived many natural and social disasters. The Monastery harbours a unique collection of scriptures by Mongolian and Tibetan scholars. The scriptures cover a wide range of disciplines such as philosophy, medicine, astrology, traditions of sutra and tantra, linguistics, history, and poetry.