bardo

American  

[bahr-doh] / ˈbɑr doʊ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

plural

bardos

1. (in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.

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bardo British  

/ ˈbɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. (in Tibetan Buddhism) the state of the soul between its death and its rebirth

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Etymology

Origin of bardo

First recorded in 1625–30, bardo is from the Tibetan word bár-do “between two” (i.e., a transition, intermediate state)

Example Sentences

George Saunders has published five collections of influential and critically lauded short stories, but in 2017 he found a wider readership with “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a novel that inhabits the impressions of ghosts witnessing the passage through the afterlife of Abraham Lincoln’s dead son, Willie.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is the problem of repetition, as a great deal of “Vigil” reads like material that might have been cut from “Lincoln in the Bardo.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It seems unfair that, after his spectacular “Lincoln in the Bardo,” Saunders returns with not just another novel featuring a ghost, but with a new novel even more spectacular than the last.

From Los Angeles Times

In Savannah, Ga., members drink a revolving menu of specialty cocktails by the pool at Club Bardo.

From The Wall Street Journal

Savannah’s growing affluence helped convince Jon Kully to open Club Bardo last year inside his new luxury hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal