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31 Realms Associated with the Earth

…gandhabba is the same. All beings in the 31 realms eventually have “mental bodies” that are very fine and comparable to a gandhabba. Even our most excellent microscopes cannot see…

Reply To: Vinnana, Consciousness, Hadaya Vatthu

…the same! – Of course, anusaya and gati can change, but that happens over time, with understanding. “Is the gandhabba directly responsible for this?” Of course, it is. The gandhabba…

Descent of Gandhabba Into Womb

Hi, Can this descent into the womb also take place after a few weeks or a month after fertilization? Is a timescale somewhere mentioned in the Pali Canon? kind regards,…

Animals Gandhabba

Hi, As far as i understood it is impossible for (the gandabbha of) an animal to reborn as a human … is this right ? Logic tells me that it’s…

Reply To: Body, Gandhabba & vice-versa

…either way, will affect the gandhabba also into the future jatis, it would seem ureasonable to suppose that the future of the gandhabba, in that bhava at least,should be determined…

Paṭicca Samuppāda – From Mind to Matter

…gandhabba can “solidify” somewhat by “taking in scents or aroma.” Hence the name “gandhabba” (“gandha” + “abba” or “taking in scents.”) For details on gandhabba, see, “Mental Body – Gandhabba.”…

Reply To: Destruction of Gandhabba

…animal realm, then an animal gandhabba is born at the moment that human gandhabba dies. The manomaya kaya is called a gandhabba only in the human and animal realms. That…

Āhāra – Food for the Mental Body

…of the dead physical body and lives in “gandhabba loka” until pulled into a womb to be born again with a physical body. A human gandhabba also has a finite…