Four bardos (Wyl. bar do bzhi) —
- the natural bardo of this life (rang bzhin skye ba'i bar do)
- the painful bardo of dying ('chi kha gnad gcod kyi bar do)
- the luminous bardo of dharmata (chos nyid 'od gsal gyi bar do)
- the karmic bardo of becoming (srid pa las kyi bar do)