Mahā Cattārisaka Sutta (Discourse on the Great Forty)
…can can see other realms and previous births See “Micca Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sotāpanna Stage” and “Hidden World of the Gandhabba: Netherworld (Para Lōka)” for a discussion on para loka….
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…can can see other realms and previous births See “Micca Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sotāpanna Stage” and “Hidden World of the Gandhabba: Netherworld (Para Lōka)” for a discussion on para loka….
…human, the human gandhabba dies. In the next moment, a Deva gandhabba is born. All devas are born fully formed. There is no need for a mother’s womb. That is…
…way, and one has to make an effort. The four types of bodies that we have and the gandhabba are discussed in the section “Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya).” The critical functions…
…for a gandhabba to exist are not there. So, we cannot talk about a gandhabba during nirodha samapatti, during which time the life is maintained by kammic energy. Another somewhat…
Akvan quoted the “Purisagati Sutta (AN 7.55)” and said, “So, it doesn’t make sense that a antaraparinibbai will be a human gandhabba.” Thanks for pointing out that sutta. I was…
…gandhabba contains the kammic or bhava energy, wether the gandhabba is inside a physical body or not. Thus kammic energy is always needed to sustain the bhava. Even if the…
In the post: Our Mental Body – Gandhabba: #12…those with iddhi powers can pull the manōmaya kaya out of the physical body. In: Sanna – what it really means: #5…..
…to “smell bad” if they have dense enough bodies. In addition, there are some peta gandhabbas (bad) and deva gandhabbas belonging to the lowest deva realm (good). Gandhabbas can inhale…
…the Buddha was different than depicted in the current Buddha statues (@21 minutes). More information at “Mental Body – Gandhabba,” “Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya),” and “The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma.”…
What person X experiences is experienced by X’s gandhabba (mental body). Specifically, it is the hadaya vatthu of the gandhabba where thoughts are generated. That hadaya vatthu overlaps the heart…