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."
How to Use Bardo
Learner’s notesIn 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]."