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The Six Bardos

The Bardo Teachings of Tibetan Buddhism

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    • What Happens at Death?
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    • Overview of the Bardos
    • Why Learn about the Bardos?
  • [1] Bardo of Present Life
    • Natural Bardo of this Life
    • The Bardo of this Life
  • [2] Bardo of Dreaming
    • Bardo of Dream
    • The Bardo of Dream
  • [3] Bardo of Meditation
    • Bardo of Meditation (continued)
    • The Bardo of Meditation
  • [4] Bardo of Dying
    • Painful Bardo of Dying
    • The Bardo of Dying
  • [5] Bardo of Ultimate Reality
    • Luminous Bardo of Dharmata
    • Bardo of Reality
    • Bardo of Dharmata
    • The Ultimate Nature
  • [6] Bardo of Becoming
    • Karmic Bardo of Becoming
    • Bardo of Existence
    • Rebirth and Karmic Cycle
    • The Bardo of Becoming
    • Momentous Transitional Passage
    • After Someone Dies
    • The Six Realms of Samsaric Existence
    • The Evidence for Rebirth
  • Six Bardo Root Verses
    • Main Verses of the Six Bardos
    • The Root Verses of the Six Bardos
    • Root Verses of the Six Betweens
  • Glimpses Beyond Death
    • Story of One Delog
  • Pure Lands
    • Pure Land Rebirth: Four Causes
    • Pure Land Description
    • Rebirth in a Pure Land
  • References
  • Blog
  • Photo Gallery: Cemetery
  • How Then Should I Live and Die?
    • Learn About the Bardos
    • Awareness Is the Key!
    • What to Do Before I Die
    • What to Do While I Die
    • Understand the Dying Process
    • Dying: Crucial Hour of Life
    • Daily Meditation on Death
    • Four Reminders Practice
    • Pure Land Practice
    • Prepare for Sudden Death
    • Power of Positive Karma
    • Prepare Now for the Bardos
    • Looking Back . . . And Forward
    • Concluding Thoughts
  • Contact
    • Personal Background
    • Other Websites
    • Biographical Sketch
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The Six Bardos Posted on July 25, 2020 by adminJuly 25, 2020

If we’re sensitive to it, aging prepares us for death. Growing old and falling apart is nature’s way of teaching us how to release our obsession with form. It’s humiliating. Old age, sickness, and death are the ultimate insults to your ego, but the … Continue reading →

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From the perspective of a Vajrayana practitioner (or Dzogchen): Those pure lands are not anywhere else –they abide in your own heart within its center and four directions.They now emerge from out of your heart and appear to you!Those images … Continue reading →

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The Six Bardos

 

What is a bardo? A bardo is a state that is “neither here nor there”; by definition it is something that comes “in between,” an intermediate state.

The six bardos are:

(1) The natural bardo of the present life

(2) The bardo of dreaming

(3) The bardo of meditation

(4) The painful bardo of dying

(5) The luminous bardo of ultimate reality

(6) The karmic bardo of becoming

Source: Based on Dudjom Rinpoche. Counsels from My Heart. Shambhala Publications. Kindle Edition.

The Four Bardo System

 

In many Tibetan Buddhist scriptures, the bardo is classified into six separate bardos; however, in other texts four are given.

Bardo in Tibetan means “intermediate state” or “transitional period.” In the context of teachings on the bardo, it mainly denotes the period between this life and the next. According to Buddhism, after you die there will be a bardo, a transitional period, and then you will take rebirth in another life.

The four bardos are:

(1) The bardo of life (meaning our present life)

(2) The bardo of dying

(3) The bardo of ultimate nature

(4) The bardo of becoming

Source: Based on Thondup, Tulku. Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life. Shambhala. Kindle Edition.

 

Pondering the Bardos

Site Map

  • Home
  • About
    • Death Is Not the End
    • What Happens at Death?
    • Karma: Law of Causality
    • Overview of the Bardos
    • Why Learn about the Bardos?
  • [1] Bardo of Present Life
    • Natural Bardo of this Life
    • The Bardo of this Life
  • [2] Bardo of Dreaming
    • Bardo of Dream
    • The Bardo of Dream
  • [3] Bardo of Meditation
    • Bardo of Meditation (continued)
    • The Bardo of Meditation
  • [4] Bardo of Dying
    • Painful Bardo of Dying
    • The Bardo of Dying
  • [5] Bardo of Ultimate Reality
    • Luminous Bardo of Dharmata
    • Bardo of Reality
    • Bardo of Dharmata
    • The Ultimate Nature
  • [6] Bardo of Becoming
    • Karmic Bardo of Becoming
    • Bardo of Existence
    • Rebirth and Karmic Cycle
    • The Bardo of Becoming
    • Momentous Transitional Passage
    • After Someone Dies
    • The Six Realms of Samsaric Existence
    • The Evidence for Rebirth
  • Six Bardo Root Verses
    • Main Verses of the Six Bardos
    • The Root Verses of the Six Bardos
    • Root Verses of the Six Betweens
  • Glimpses Beyond Death
    • Story of One Delog
  • Pure Lands
    • Pure Land Rebirth: Four Causes
    • Pure Land Description
    • Rebirth in a Pure Land
  • References
  • Blog
  • Photo Gallery: Cemetery
  • How Then Should I Live and Die?
    • Learn About the Bardos
    • Awareness Is the Key!
    • What to Do Before I Die
    • What to Do While I Die
    • Understand the Dying Process
    • Dying: Crucial Hour of Life
    • Daily Meditation on Death
    • Four Reminders Practice
    • Pure Land Practice
    • Prepare for Sudden Death
    • Power of Positive Karma
    • Prepare Now for the Bardos
    • Looking Back . . . And Forward
    • Concluding Thoughts
  • Contact
    • Personal Background
    • Other Websites
    • Biographical Sketch

Reflecting on the Bardos

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