This Mongol Pope seems to rank as the third in importance of the great avatars, or "living gods," of Lamaism, coming after the Dalai Lama of Lhassa [Lhasa] and the Pantshen Lama [Panchen Lama] of Tashilunpo [Tashilhunpo_Monastery] , and occupies a political position in the Mongol world analogous to that