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…“Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya).” Of course, gandhabba is NOT a Mahāyāna concept, see “Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka,” and without that, there will be many inconsistencies, including the observed fact…

…in “Antarābhavakathā” and see that the word gandhabba is not even mentioned. Antarābhava Concept of Those Heretics Is Not The Same as Gandhabba 9. If the term gandhabba did not…

…recall them from anywhere. (III) While the mental body (gandhabba) is inside the physical body, memories come to the gandhabba via the brain. While outside the physical body, gandhabba can…

…Details on the Gandhabba Concept 2. Many details about the manomaya kāya (gandhabba) are unavailable in the Tipiṭaka. However, there is enough essential evidence: “Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka.”…

…be initiated without a gandhabba (or the “mental body” or “manōmaya kāya.”) In the case of a natural conception, the matching gandhabba (or patisandhi viññāna) will descend to the womb…

…because it is NOT the brain that “SEES.” It is the “hadaya vatthu” (seat of the mind”) on the “mental body” (gandhabba) that feels the “seeing sensation.” Of course, “gandhabba”…

…the “mental body.” That is the manomaya kāya or a gandhabba. Once that gandhabba “descends” to a womb, the physical body starts growing. In most realms, beings are born fully…

…below. That human gandhabba will have to wait until a suitable womb becomes available. By “suitable,” it means that the gati (loosely related to character/habits) of the gandhabba have to…

…comes by learning Dhamma, the true nature of this world. This post focuses on the para lōka and gandhabba because many Theravadins incorrectly assume that gandhabba is a Mahāyāna concept….