Reply To: About Jati and Ayatana

…physical body. That is another type of jāti. The gandhabba must enter a matching womb (okkanti). That can take days, months, or years after the gandhabba was born at the…

Reply To: Evolution

…Buddha’s explanation. I did not deny that DNA plays a role in the physical human body. After a human gandhabba is born with a physical body, DNA plays a role…

Reply To: Human Age Limit

…took another existence?” Do you understand the difference between “bhava” and “jati” for a human? When first grasping the “human existence (bhava),” a human gandhabba is born. It has a…

Reply To: Unwanted Pregnancies and Abortion

Until a gandhabba merges with it, a zygote (produced by an egg and a sperm) is “lifeless.” However, with the merging of a gandhabba, that zygote becomes alive—as alive as…

Reply To: Rupa and Dualism

Gandhabba“ However, to understand advanced posts like those, one must have a good background about kammic energy, viññāṇa, gandhabba, etc. May be reading such a post can get someone motivated…

Working of Kammā – Critical Role of Conditions

…mundane Eightfold Path by getting rid of the ten types of micchā diṭṭhi. That includes not believing in rebirth and the concept of a gandhabba; see, “Micchā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and…