84000 Glossary of Terms
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བར་མ་དོ། | Glossary of Terms
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བར་མ་དོ།
- bar ma do
- antarābhava
- antarā
- antara
- Term
Publications: 3
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
- interim state
- བར་མ་དོ།
- bar ma do
- antara
Translation by Bruno Galasek-Hul
- intermediate state
- བར་མ་དོ།
- bar ma do
- antarābhava
- antarā
The transitional, discarnate state of a sentient being between death and rebirth, classically said to last up to forty-nine days. Its existence was and is not accepted by all Buddhist schools (not, e.g., by the Theravādins).
Translation by Bruno Galasek-Hul
- intermediate state between death and rebirth
- བར་མ་དོ།
- bar ma do
- antarābhava
- antarā
A transitional, discarnate state of a sentient being between death and rebirth, classically said to last up 49 days; its existence was and is not accepted by all Buddhist schools (not, e.g., by the Theravādins).