You Searched For Gandhabba

Reply To: gandhabba as explained elsewhere

Hi All, Samyutta Nikāya 31 is called gandhabba-samyutta. It deals with ‘deva’s of the gandhabba order‘. About them it is said in the first sutta of this part of the…

Reply To: Panpsychism – science getting closer to Buddha Dhamma

…the communication with the gandhabba? So what would be the closest thing in Buddha Dhamma that resembles “consciousness” in science? This also made me thinking… I read that the gandhabba…

Reply To: Descent of Gandhabba Into Womb

…wondering if this timescale of the gandhabba entering the womb really is a few days or might even be longer. Although i do not question the experience of the woman,…

Sammā Diṭṭhī – Only One Leads to the Noble Path

…some such capabilities, but unfortunately, we have lost that resource. By the way, evidence for the gandhabba from the Tipiṭaka is discussed in “Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka.” Other…

Reply To: The Thread for correcting Wrong Views

…upbringing. One’s mind tends to “re-construct” alien experiences to the best of its ability, based on one’s experiences and cultural upbringing. AxelSnaxel wrote: “It is possible that a gandhabba may…

Reply To: Post On Five Aggregates and Tilakkhaṇa – Introduction

…a “mental body” or a gandhabba. – That gandhabba is created totally by kammic energy. It is unimaginably small energy. – But once merging with a single cell (zygote) in…

Sensual Pleasures – The Hidden Suffering

…human (and animal) life also starts with an “invisible body” (gandhabba), just like for a Brahma. A dense physical body arises later on when that gandhabba gets into a womb….

Reply To: Post on “Persistent Vegetative State – Buddhist View”

…gandhabba can come out and be “eligible” to get into another womb. In #5, the gandhabba is fully aware of what is going on. As those videos show, some of…

Reply To: Post on Five Aggregates – Introduction

…I see anything otherwise. It is commendable that Venerable Bhikkhu Samāhita provided those insights. It must be noted that these details about the manomaya kaya (gandhabba) are not available in…

Reply To: Gandhabba Timespan

In the following post Interpretation of the Tipitaka – Gandhabba Example … under #3 we have: “…the manomaya kāya (gandhabba) may live for thousands of years in the human bhava”…