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Milam bardo (rmi lam bar do) is the second bardo of the dream state. The Milam Bardo is a subset of the first Bardo. Dream Yoga develops practices to integrate the dream state into Buddhist sadhana. Samten bardo (bsam gtan bar do) is the third bardo of meditation. This bardo is generally only experienced by meditators, though individuals may ...
The term bardo is a general term which literally means "in-between" and in this context denotes a transitional state, or what Victor Turner calls a liminal situation. The bardo concept is an umbrella term which includes the transitional states of birth, death, dream, transmigration or afterlife, meditation, and spiritual luminosity.
One of the most famous sections of Liberation Upon Hearing in the Bardo (bar do thos grol)—the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead—this text offers instructions on each of the six intermediate states, or bardos: 1) the bardo of this life, 2) the bardo of dreams, 3) the bardo of samādhi meditation, 4) the bardo of dying, 5) the bardo of dharmatā, and 5) the bardo of becoming.
Bardo-state in Buddhism is the intermediate phase between death and rebirth, significant for its potential transformations and realizations. In Tibetan Buddhism, this state can be traversed using knowledge gained from practices like Dream Yoga and is viewed as a critical period for achieving Buddhahood.
- The Meanings of "Bardo"
- Explanation of The Four Bardos
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When the term bardo is used without qualification, it typically refers to the intermediate or transitional state between death and rebirth (antarābhava); however, the term is also used in a more expanded sense to included additional states of transition that cover the whole cycle of life, death and rebirth. Francesca Fremantlestates: 1. Originally ...
Erik Pema Kunsangstates: 1. The Buddha taught that the physical body is only a temporary abode, an excellent dwelling in fact, but nevertheless not so important as the inhabitant, the consciousness, which is the continual stream of cognition. 1. At present our consciousness is temporarily in a human body. However, this condition of being embodied l...
Tsele Natsok Rangdrol (1987), The Mirror of Mindfulness, translated by Pema Kunsang, Erik, Rangjung Yeshe PublicationsThe Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying. 2013. by Padmasambhava (Author), Chögyal Namkhai Norbu(Commentary), Karma Lingpa (Author), Elio Guarisco (Translator). Shang Shung Publications &...Abhidharma Kośa Bhāṣyām. 1991. de la Vallèe Poussin, L.; translated by Pruden, L. Vols. I, II, III & IV. Asian Humanities Press.Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth. 1981. Lati Rinpoche. Snow Lion Publications.Natural Liberation. 1998. Padmasambhava. The text is translated by B. Alan Wallace, with a commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche. Somerville, Wisdom Publications.The Chonyid Bardo (or Chos-nidd Bar-do) or Intermediate period of visions of deities. This refers to the state where one experiences visions of deities, Heaven and Hell, Judgment, and so on. Modern writers have been struck by the parallels with the psychedelic and psychotic states, and experiences of "astral travelling" and the "astral plane"
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The bardo of meditation, or “meditative concentration bardo,” refers to the period when a practitioner’s mind is fully immersed in a meditative state. In this bardo, when we are free from the usual distractions and illusions of daily life,.the mind can potentially gain a degree of control over its experiences and perceptions.
