Reply To: Gandhabba memory capabilities

Hi Lal, When I say “the gandhabba that has lost his body (died)”, I am referring that the physical body died, not the gandhabba. I know the gandhabba is who…

Gandhabba: Lying in Wait for Appropriate Womb

…womb” refers to the placement (connecting) of the gandhabba in a womb that is concomitant with the kamma of the particular gandhabba. I envision that the gandhabba represents (perhaps in…

Reply To: Destruction of Gandhabba

“Gandhabba can be destroyed, but not forever. Rather, they can get dismantled by powerful beings and then accumulates again at some point in the future.” A gandhabba cannot be “destroyed”…

Nibbatti Lakkhana in Udayavaya Nana

…blueprint is the manomaya kaya or the gandhabba that we have discussed many times; see the posts under the section “Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya).” The arising of that human, starting from…

Reply To: Body, Gandhabba & vice-versa

…see, “Manomaya Kaya (Gandhabba) and the Physical Body“. There is a key reason why only the “trija kaya” of a human/animal has a special name of gandhabba. The word gandhabba

Reply To: Gandhabba and Cloning

…the natural process, some gandhabbas will not survive to be a full animal and exit in the womb itself?” It is not a matter of just gandhabba surviving. It is…

First sight of Gandhabba or Subtle body

…https://puredhamma.net/abhidhamma/gandhabbaya-manomaya-kaya/manomaya-kaya-gandhabba-and-the-physical-body/ While I was in Jhana, was able to see how the manomaya kaya comes out and how it moves around in search of new body, how the gati picks…