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…

Reply To: Gandhabba memory capabilities

Hello oetb, OK. I see that you have a fairly good idea about gandhabba. Regarding: “Being joined with a dense body, I am not sure why (I’ll ask in another…

Kammic Energy Leads to Consciousness

Gandhabba Concept.” A gandhabba must enter a womb and make a physical body to experience “close sensory contacts” of taste, smell, and touch. That process is described in “Buddhist Explanations…

Gandhabba’s death

…doubts. I’ll post my doubts in two entries. I have read that the gandhabba cannot bear the energy of the arahant. So what happens to the gandhabba when the ordinary…

Jāti – Different Types of Births

…them. That gandhabba then stays for the duration of human existence (bhava.) 7. That gandhabba is periodically pulled into a womb by kammic energy to be “born with a physical…