Reply To: Body, Gandhabba & vice-versa
…recall that in the gandhabba posts it is stated, and more than once, quite simply that the gandhabba exits only in human and animal realm, which statement, taking the gandhabba…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…recall that in the gandhabba posts it is stated, and more than once, quite simply that the gandhabba exits only in human and animal realm, which statement, taking the gandhabba…
…corresponding results (vipāka.) (v)This world (ayaṃ loko) does not exist. (vi) Para loka (of gandhabba) does not exist. (vii) Mother is not a unique/special person. (viii) Father is not a…
…if a Deva dies and becomes a human, a human gandhabba arises at that moment. 2. Then that gandhabba waits for a suitable womb. When one becomes available, the gandhabba…
…times for that human gandhabba. – The “jati paccya jara,marana..” step in Paticca Samuppada refers to the death of the gandhabba. 3. Of course, “jati paccya jara,marana..” step also happens…
…human life, right? In terms of concentration of the mind. You write in #14 of https://puredhamma.net/living-dhamma/mental-body-gandhabba/antarabhava-and-gandhabba/ “Thus, the pubbe nivāsānussati ñāna is limited to looking at past human lives. That…
…the same time. – So it appears that Jasbir’s gandhabba left Jasbir’s physical body, and Sobha Ram’s gandhabba took control of that physical body. For that to happen, the “transition”…
It is fascinating to read the ongoing discussion at Sutta Central mentioned in the above post. First, if semen is gandhabba, how do births in Deva and Brahma realms arise?…
…the gandhabba as long as the gandhabba is “bound to that body.” Upon the death of the dense body, gandhabba is released from it, and it cannot withstand anantariya kamma….
The above cartoon explains how the gandhabba sees while being outside or inside a physical body. (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1fEIR5selbqa3cba8nPbxKFGEfp-iXytx) Note: 1. While being OUTSIDE the physical body, the gandhabba sees using a…
…Goals” and “Saṃsāric Habits and Āsavas.” For example, when a gandhabba is waiting for a suitable womb, the anantara-samanantara paccayā comes into play. A gandhabba, who in previous lives had…