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six bardos (bar do). Bardo, "intermediate" or "transition" state, commonly refers to the transitional state between death and the next rebirth. Texts discuss six bardos: the bardos of birth and life (skye gnas rang bzhin gyi bar do); of meditative concentration (bsam gtan gyi bar do); of the dream-state (rmi lam gyi bar do); of the moment of death ('chi kha'i bar do); of the absolute nature (chos nyid bar do); and of taking a new existence (srid pa'i bar do). [MR-ShabkarNotes]
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#[[The bardo of this life]] (skye gnas gyi bar do)/ [[The natural bardo of this life]] ([[skye gnas rang bzhin gyi bar do]])
#[[The bardo of the dream state]] ([[rmi lam gyi bar do]]) /
#[[The bardo of the meditation state]] ([[bsam gtan gyi bar do]])
#[[The bardo of dying]] ([['chi kha'i bar do]])/ [[The painful bardo of dying]]
#[[The bardo of dharmata]] ([[chos nyid bar do]])
#[[The bardo of becoming]] ([[srid pa'i bar do]])/ [[The karmic bardo of becoming]] (srid pa'i las kyi bar do)<br>
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== The Bardo Root Verses ==
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Homage to the conquerors, the peaceful and wrathful deities.<br>
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Here are the root verses for the six bardo states.<br>
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Kyema, now that the bardo of this life dawns upon me,<br>
I will stop being lazy and wasting my life,<br>
But instead enter the path of undistracted learning, reflection and meditation.<br>
While training in appearances being mind, I will refine my realization of the three kayas.<br>
Now while I have this once found a precious human body,<br>
It is not the time to squander it on distractions.<br>
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Kyema, now that the bardo of dreaming dawns upon me,<br>
I will give up the corpse-like, careless sleep of ignorance,<br>
And instead rest in the natural state of undistracted presence.<br>
By capturing the dreams, I will train in magical transformations and luminosity.<br>
Instead of sleeping like an animal,<br>
I will treasure the practice of mingling luminosity with deep sleep.<br>
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Kyema, now that the bardo of meditation dawns upon me,<br>
I will cast aside all types of deluded wandering,<br>
And instead enter the boundless state of undistracted nonclinging.<br>
I will attain steadiness in both development and completion.<br>
Now while I practice one-pointedly, having given up activities,<br>
I will not get caught up in deluded emotions.<br>
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Kyema, now that the bardo of dying dawns upon me,<br>
I will cast aside all attachments, clinging and fixation,<br>
And instead enter the path of remembering the instructions undistractedly.<br>
I will suspend my mind in the nonarising expanse of space,<br>
And when about to separate from the material body of flesh and blood,<br>
I will know it to be an impermanent, magical illusion.<br>
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Kyema, now that the bardo of dharmata dawn upon me,<br>
I will cast aside all feelings of fear and panic <br>
And instead recognize whatever arises as the self-display of awareness.<br>
I will recognize it all to be the nature of the bardo.<br>
When the crucial time befalls me<br>
I shall not fear the peaceful and wrathful deities, my self-display.<br>
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Kyema, now that the bardo of becoming dawn upon me,<br>
I will keep my mind focused on the single goal <br>
And stay firmly connected with the force of my good karma.<br>
I will remember to block the wombs and to turn back from them.<br>
Since this is a time to persevere and keep pure perception,<br>
I shall cast aside envy and instead visualize the guru with consort.<br>
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With the insensitive attitude that there is plenty of time,<br>
While striving and struggling at the pointless aims of this life,<br>
If I now return empty-handed, I shall have confused my goal.<br>
Since the sacred Dharma is my main priority,<br>
Shouldn’t I rather practice the Dharma right now?<br>
Since this is what my gracious guru taught me,<br>
If I don’t keep his instructions in mind,<br>
Won’t I just be fooling myself?<br>
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This completes the root verses for the six bardos.<br>
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From [[Padmasambhava]]’s Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo, revealed by the tertön [[Karma Lingpa]].  [[RY]]<br>
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