Bardo” weeklong retreat with separate weekend retreat with Ven Tenzin Priyadarshi,
June 22 to June 28th, 2009.
Edwards, Colorado
Bardo (Tibetan. bar’do) refers to the “intermediate stage” in the Buddhist view of life and death. While Bardo is most commonly understood to mean the time between an individual’s death and next life, the term can also refer to other types of interim stages or transitions. Indo-Tibetan Buddhist traditions speak of Bardo as comprised of either four or six stages.
This retreat examined each of these and its respective implication for a serene death and rebirth. Participants were introduced to a special meditation practice that will deepen the understanding of the Bardo stages. The great Tibetan master Milarepa, a proponent of these meditation practices, said that the function of a student of Buddhadharma is to live like a yogi and to die like a yogi.