Reply To: Body, Gandhabba & vice-versa

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…..

Reply To: First sight of Gandhabba or Subtle body

…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…

Boy Who Remembered Pāli Suttas for 1500 Years

…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.”…

Citta – Basis of Our Experience and Actions

…that LIVING ENTITY is not the physical body but the mental body. That “mental body” is alternatively called a manōmaya kāya or gandhabba. It consists of a hadaya vatthu (seat…

Reply To: gandhabba as explained elsewhere

Lang asked, “Is this gandhabba the same word used in a different context? Or is it just mistranslated into “musician”.” It is definitely not correct to say a gandhabba is…