“Now the Buddha could not see a beginning to sansara, that is, He could not see a time in the past when beings were free of, or existed independently, of the khandhas” (ynot).
Hallo ynot,
I think this is true and taught by the Buddha:
Mind can be detached from the khandha’s (AN10.81), yes, in this same live, because craving, and therefor attachment to khandha’s, can end totally.
This state of complete detachment cannot be expressed in words, but an arahant knows this state.
This completely detached state of mind cannot be called ‘a being’ anymore, it is beyond the sphere of personal existence. It is also not ‘a being’ who experiences this state. It is the nature of mind which does.
I think, beings cannot be without khandha’s but mind can detach from khandha’s.
Siebe