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…cuti-patisandhi moment, NOT when a gandhabba gets into a womb. A human gandhabba (mental body) is born well before it can get into a womb. So, in what you quoted…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…cuti-patisandhi moment, NOT when a gandhabba gets into a womb. A human gandhabba (mental body) is born well before it can get into a womb. So, in what you quoted…
…“gandhabba.” 2. Yes. Even the human gandhabbas can go through walls. 3. A gandhabba can become a bit denser by inhaling orders of flowers, etc. But their “bodies” are still…
…past lives. In between consecutive human births, that lifestream exists in the nether world or “para lōka” as a gandhabba with a subtle body; see “Hidden World of the Gandhabba:…
…to stay alive. However, it is clear from the previous posts that a physical body is just a shell “controlled” by a gandhabba. There are many other posts on gandhabba…
…for the gandhabba, the mental body. There are many posts on this but here are a couple: “Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya)- Introduction” and “Our Mental Body – Gandhabba“. I would encourage…
…for science to figure out how objective assessments can occur in our brains. But that is not where it happens. Thinking occurs in the manomaya kāya (gandhabba) and not in…
…Please think carefully and formulate your question correctly. I am still not sure what your question is. How can two gandhabbas overlap? Gandhabba is a lifestream, just like a brahma….
…human bhava has not run out. Then that gandhabba has to wait for many years before a suitable womb becomes available. During this time, it is possible for the gandhabba…
…the physical body. Any existence in this world is associated with such a “mental body.” The mental body of a human or an animal is a gandhabba. However, the gandhabba…
…the “para loka” or the ‘next existence.’ For a crude but good visualization of the gandhabba and para loka, see the post, “Ghost 1990 Movie – Good Depiction of Gandhabba…