According to East Asian and Tibetan Buddhism, there is an intermediate state (Tibetan "bardo") between one life and the next. The orthodox Theravada position rejects this; however there are passages in the <answer>Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon</answer> that seem to lend support to the idea that the Buddha taught of an intermediate stage between one life and the next.[page needed]
Passages in what teaching support the idea that the Buddha taught of a stage between lives?
Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon