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…

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 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”…

Reply To: Gandhabba and Bhava dasaka

…man’s body to woman’s body? Because that is indeed dramatic. Or is it mere the change of the Gandhabba energy flow? There must be three layers : Gross body –…

Reply To: Utuja kaya of Gandhabba

In the kammaja kaya, the pasada rupa for taste,touch,smell, seeing, hearing are created. These are in the Gandhabba as I understand. Shouldn’t it be possible for a rupa, that is…

Reply To: Rebirth Account of Dorothy Eady

…of one’s hair” created by kammic energy when a new existence is grasped. That is gandhabba in Buddha Dhamma. – And that gandhabba is NOT permanent. If one goes from…

Reply To: Rebirth Account of Dorothy Eady

…many people. Raj asked: “Is it the same Gandhabba undergoing slight modifications but still the same.” – It is NOT the same gandhabba. Each time a new existence (human, Deva,…