A Battle in the Bardo
The legendary life and rebirth of sorcerer-monk Tu Dao Hanh
Bardo
The bardo is the Tibetan Buddhist term for the transitional state between death and rebirth. The Sanskrit term for bardo is antarābhava, and the concept has come to represent the space between states, like our lives that exist between the past and the future.
A Battle in the Bardo
The legendary life and rebirth of sorcerer-monk Tu Dao Hanh
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