Reply To: gandhabba as explained elsewhere
From the Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera there are two meanings for gandhabba: gandhabba :[m.] 1. a musician; a heavenly musician belonging to the demigods; 2. a being…
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From the Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera there are two meanings for gandhabba: gandhabba :[m.] 1. a musician; a heavenly musician belonging to the demigods; 2. a being…
…i understand it correctly, that when there is no mana indriya in a gandhabba that has left the body, there are also no memories in this gandhabba? Or are only…
…Analogy 7. The seat of the mind (hadaya vatthu) is where thoughts arise. The hadaya vatthu is part of the manōmaya kāya, mental body, or the gandhabba. The hadaya vatthu…
…the body). See, “The Origin of Matter – Suddhātthaka.” – That is why the physical body becomes inert when the gandhabba leaves at the death of the physical body. –…
Does jivitindriya belong to the gandhabba? But what/where is jivitindriya in the gandhabba? Is it part of citta or is it part of pasada rupa?
Saññā seems to be helpful. Does the Canon mention about such communication and why it happens. What reason would they have to do so? To help someone? Also do and…
A “descending gandhabba” just means a gandhabba entering a womb. I am not sure why it is stated as “descending.” You wrote: ” So maybe the Buddha copied this idea…
…There are buddhists who do not accept the concept of a Gandhabba, claiming that once a person dies, the next arising consciousness will effect a rebirth elsewhere. Let’s not forget,…
…been killed or died in violent circumstances, where death happened unexpectedly. “Mrs. Williams’s gandhabba’s imagination of what Jesus would look like, correct?” It is interesting to observe that only Christians…
cubibobi (Lang) wrote: “Does the gandhabba leave the body when we dream? In my dreams, I can see and hear, which must be through the cakku and sōta pasāda rūpa…