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…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…

…a gandhabba, a human gandhabba is in perpetual stress (agony may be a better word). A gandhabba cannot enjoy any “contact-type” sensory pleasure since the body is not dense enough…

…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…

…of gandhabbā; see “Micchā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sōtapanna Stage. “ It must be noted that all living beings have a mental body called “manōmaya kāya.” Gandhabba is a specific case…

…Our Eyes 12. The mind-door is the hadaya vatthu in the gandhabba or the manōmaya kāya. Thoughts arise in the hadaya vatthu in the gandhabba, even when the gandhabba is…

…called gandhabba) are created by kammic energy and sustain the human bhava. How the Mental Body Controls the Physical Body 8. A live physical body has a gandhabba (mental body)…

…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….

…paccayā bhava” step, giving rise to a gandhabba, which is a very tiny rūpa that is a “packet of energy.” Then, at the “bhava paccayā jāti” step, gandhabba enters a…

…kāya” and “gandhabba” both refer to a “mental body” that is entirely created by kammic energy. However, the word “gandhabba” is used mainly for the mental bodies of humans and…