Bardo (surname)

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Bardo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Clinton L. Bardo was an American industrialist whose career included stints as general manager of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and president of New York Shipbuilding. As president of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1934 to 1935, he became an outspoken opponent of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

John Bardo American educator

John William Bardo was an American educator, most recently serving as the president of Wichita State University. Previously, Bardo served as a faculty member at Western Carolina University after serving as the 10th Chancellor for 16 years.

Natalia Sergeevna Bardo is a Russian actress, singer and a TV host.

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In some schools of Buddhism, bardo or antarabhāva (Sanskrit) is an intermediate, transitional, or liminal state between death and rebirth. It is a concept which arose soon after the Buddha's passing, with a number of earlier Buddhist groups accepting the existence of such an intermediate state, while other schools rejected it. In Tibetan Buddhism, bardo is the central theme of the Bardo Thodol, the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

<i>Bardo Thodol</i> Tibetan Book of the Dead.

The Bardo Thodol is a text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, revealed by Karma Lingpa (1326–1386). It is the best-known work of Nyingma literature, and is known in the West as the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

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Bardo is a concept of a transitional state in Buddhism.

Bardo Pond American band

Bardo Pond are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1991, and who are currently signed to London-based label Fire Records. The current members are Michael Gibbons (guitar), John Gibbons (guitar), Isobel Sollenberger, Clint Takeda and Jason Kourkounis (drums). Bardo Pond's music is often classified as space rock, acid rock, post-rock, shoegazing, noise or psychedelic rock. Some Bardo Pond album titles have been derived from the names of esoteric psychedelic substances. Their sound has been likened to Pink Floyd, Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine amongst others.

Robert John Bardo American murderer

Robert John Bardo is an American man serving life imprisonment without parole after being convicted in October 1991 for the murder of American actress and model Rebecca Schaeffer on July 18, 1989, whom he had stalked for three years.

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Bardos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Bardos is a commune in the former Basque province of Labourd in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Stephen Bardo American basketball player

Stephen Dean "Steve" Bardo is a retired American professional basketball player who had a brief career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently a college basketball analyst.

Bardo was a male/female pop music duo formed to represent the United Kingdom in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "One Step Further".

Le Bardo Place in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

Le Bardo is a Tunisian city west of Tunis. As of 2004, the population is 73,953.

Bardot may refer to:

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US Tour EP is a split EP by the Scottish group Mogwai and the American group Bardo Pond, released in 2001 on Matador.

One Step Further 1982 single by Bardo

"One Step Further", written by Simon Jefferis, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, performed by the duo Bardo, comprising Sally Ann Triplett and Stephen Fischer.

<i>Dollman</i> (film) 1991 science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun

Dollman is a 1991 science fiction action film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Tim Thomerson as the space cop Brick Bardo, also known as "Dollman"; he is only 13 inches tall. Bardo is equipped with his "Kruger Blaster", which is the most powerful handgun in the universe. The film also stars Jackie Earle Haley as Bardo's human enemy, Braxton Red. "Brick Bardo" is a character name used by Albert Pyun in films dating back to his second film, Vicious Lips.

Bardo National Museum or Musée National du Bardo may refer to:

Bardo National Museum attack mass killing at the Bardo National Museum

On 18 March 2015, three militants attacked the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, and took hostages. Twenty-one people, mostly European tourists, were killed at the scene, and an additional victim died ten days later. Around fifty others were injured. Two of the gunmen, Tunisian citizens Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui, were killed by police, and the third attacker is currently at large. Police treated the event as a terrorist attack.

<i>Lincoln in the Bardo</i> book by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo is a 2017 experimental novel by American writer George Saunders. It is Saunders's first full-length novel and was the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller for the week of March 5, 2017. Saunders is better known for his short stories, reporting, and occasional essays.