[Ch.; var. དམར་པོའི་རིང་རིང་ལུགས།]
communism. After Buddhism, the ideological and spiritual system having the greatest impact upon the life and culture of modern Tibetans. The term གུང་བྲན། (communist) is a Chinese loan word; སྤྱི་ཚོགས་རིང་ལུགས། [lit. general + together + "ism" = socialism] is perhaps more commonly used.