Death-bardo heaven-reality awareness (Buddhism)

This state of awareness is represented by the second after-life bardo and is characterized by the perception of the sambhogakaya. It is said to begin the descent from the perception of the clear light to that of a perception of a heaven in which the soul or awareness-principle experiences the fields of bliss on the plane of the bodhisattvas in view of Buddha Amitabha. The beautiful creatures encountered are images of the self the person has constructed. If attachment to them is not renounced they will turn into demonic monsters.

This state is one of the six major bardo conditions. It is experienced from the 4th through the 19th day after death.