Bardo Thodol
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Bardo Thodol, commonly known in English as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a key Tibetan Buddhist text that guides consciousness through the stages of death, the afterlife, and rebirth.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tibetan Book of the Dead | 6 |
| Bardo Thodol canonical | 2 |
| Tibetan Book of the Dead | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8027591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bardo Thodol Context triple: [The Psychedelic Experience, basedOn, Bardo Thodol]
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A.
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is a surreal, introspective film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu that blends dark comedy and drama to explore identity, memory, and the immigrant experience through the eyes of a Mexican journalist and documentarian.
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B.
La Koro Sutro
La Koro Sutro is a choral and instrumental composition by American composer Lou Harrison that sets an Esperanto translation of the Buddhist Heart Sutra, blending Western and non-Western musical influences.
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Bardo
Bardo is a small historic town in southwestern Poland, known for its picturesque setting in the Sudetes and as a regional pilgrimage and tourist destination.
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D.
Bardo
Bardo is a historic district in Tunis, Tunisia, known for housing key national institutions such as the Tunisian Parliament and the Bardo National Museum.
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E.
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bardo Thodol Target entity description: Bardo Thodol, commonly known in English as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a key Tibetan Buddhist text that guides consciousness through the stages of death, the afterlife, and rebirth.
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A.
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is a surreal, introspective film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu that blends dark comedy and drama to explore identity, memory, and the immigrant experience through the eyes of a Mexican journalist and documentarian.
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B.
La Koro Sutro
La Koro Sutro is a choral and instrumental composition by American composer Lou Harrison that sets an Esperanto translation of the Buddhist Heart Sutra, blending Western and non-Western musical influences.
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C.
Bardo
Bardo is a small historic town in southwestern Poland, known for its picturesque setting in the Sudetes and as a regional pilgrimage and tourist destination.
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D.
Bardo
Bardo is a historic district in Tunis, Tunisia, known for housing key national institutions such as the Tunisian Parliament and the Bardo National Museum.
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E.
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tibetan Buddhist text
ⓘ
funerary text ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
karma
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nirvana ⓘ non-duality ⓘ samsara ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool |
Nyingma
ⓘ
linked to:
Nyingma school
|
| attributedTo | Padmasambhava ⓘ |
| category |
Tibetan Buddhist canon (Nyingma)}
ⓘ
linked to:
Tibetan Kangyur
|
| centralTheme |
afterlife
ⓘ
bardo states ⓘ death ⓘ rebirth ⓘ |
| conceptualFocus |
clear light
ⓘ
nature of mind ⓘ peaceful and wrathful deities ⓘ |
| dateOfRevelation | 14th century ⓘ |
| describes |
Chikhai bardo
ⓘ
Chonyid bardo ⓘ Sidpa bardo ⓘ |
| genre | terma text ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Bar do thos grol ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName |
Tibetan Book of the Dead
ⓘ
linked to:
Bardo Thodol
|
| hasMeaning | Liberation through hearing in the intermediate state ⓘ |
| hasNotableTranslator |
Chögyam Trungpa
ⓘ
Francesca Fremantle ⓘ Robert A. F. Thurman ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Thurman
Walter Evans-Wentz ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western interpretations of the afterlife
ⓘ
modern spiritual literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
lamas
ⓘ
practitioners preparing for death ⓘ relatives of the deceased ⓘ |
| language | Tibetan ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Tibet ⓘ |
| purpose |
to aid the deceased in attaining liberation
ⓘ
to guide consciousness through the process of dying ⓘ to provide instructions for the dying and the dead ⓘ |
| relatedPractice |
meditation on death
ⓘ
phowa ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Zhitro cycle ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| revealedBy | Karma Lingpa ⓘ |
| script | Tibetan script ⓘ |
| structure | series of instructions recited to the dying or recently deceased ⓘ |
| tradition | Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
funerary rituals
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guidance at the time of death ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Bardo Thodol Description of subject: Bardo Thodol, commonly known in English as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a key Tibetan Buddhist text that guides consciousness through the stages of death, the afterlife, and rebirth.
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