Buddha Dhamma for an Inquiring Mind – Part I

…shells.” It is the mental body (called “gandhabba“) where all thoughts (i.e., saṅkhāra) arise, thereby controlling the physical body. That is why, in many confirmed out-of-body Experiences (OBEs), the body…

Reply To: Body, Gandhabba & vice-versa

gandhabba that is using this very body to type’,saying that you cannot be ONLY the gandhabba, for that will not be there when you are in the higher realms. Do…

Reply To: external influence

A heartfelt greetings to everyone ! I wanted to add a link to Ven. Lal Sir’s answer. Gandhabba or Manomaya Kaya is an important concept in Buddha Dhamma. So it…

Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

…even jhana. It is those who also can easily experience “out-of-body” experiences where the “mental body” (gandhabba) can come out. Those who can do “astral travel” do that by coming…

Reply To: external influence

Hi Lal, Thank you for the reply! I agree, I’m definitely getting help from “good” side. I read in one of your posts that the gandhabba has control of body…

Reply To: external influence

…the fertile ground for a major catastrophe. From a post on the site Lal wrote “gandhabbas can’t bear the mindset of an Arhant”. Do gandhabba’s do this? As you can…

Parinibbāna of Waharaka Thēro

…The gandhabba would still survive the death of the body and come out and stay alive until the kammic energy for the human bhava is exhausted. Since a new bhava…

Udayavaya Ñāna

…Āhāra (Food) in Udayavaya Ñāna Udayavaya Ñāṇa – Importance of the Cittaja Kaya These posts can be better understood if one understands the gandhabba or manomaya kaya: “Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya).”…