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noun

bardo

BAH-doh
noun
1
In Tibetan Buddhism, the transitional state a consciousness passes through between death and rebirth.
"The monks described the bardo as a kind of waiting room between one life and the next."

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In plain EnglishThe in-between state between dying and being reborn, in Tibetan Buddhist belief.

Word Forms

bardos plural, Bardos plural

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Etymology

From Tibetan bar do, literally "interval between two [states]."

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