Āhāra (Food) in Udayavaya Ñāna

…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

Reply To: external influence

…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…

Reply To: With or Without Origin

…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….

Reply To: Theravada Funeral Rites

…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

Reply To: Gandhabba memory capabilities

Hello oetb. “Is a gandhabba able to recall memories?” – Yes. Gandhabba is simply our mental body. It is inside the physical body. The physical body (or the brain) cannot…