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Reply To: Human Age Limit

…took another existence?” Do you understand the difference between “bhava” and “jati” for a human? When first grasping the “human existence (bhava),” a human gandhabba is born. It has a…

Reply To: Unwanted Pregnancies and Abortion

Until a gandhabba merges with it, a zygote (produced by an egg and a sperm) is “lifeless.” However, with the merging of a gandhabba, that zygote becomes alive—as alive as…

Reply To: Is it the gandhabba that attains Nibbana and permanently gets deleted from world

Yes. A human has a subtle/invisible “manomaya kaya (gandhabba)” and a physical body. Brahmas only have a manomaya kaya (no physical body), which is not called a gandhabba. In humans,…

Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)

…lives. For explanations on (7)-(10), see “Micchā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sōtapanna Stage.” In particular, para loka is where a gandhabba lives in-between consecutive births with physical human bodies; see “Hidden…

Triune Brain: How the Mind Rewires the Brain via Meditation/Habits

…the gandhabba close to our physical heart. Since it takes time for our brains to analyze the “incoming data,” typically, there is about a 100th of a second delay between…

10. Attaining the Sotāpanna Stage via Removing Ditthasava

…in the “human bhava,” one becomes a gandhabba and has to wait until a suitable womb becomes available; see “Mental Body – Gandhabba.” Thus rebirth in the human realm does…

Working of Kammā – Critical Role of Conditions

…mundane Eightfold Path by getting rid of the ten types of micchā diṭṭhi. That includes not believing in rebirth and the concept of a gandhabba; see, “Micchā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and…

Dasa Samyōjana – Bonds in Rebirth Process

…micchā diṭṭhi (wrong views) about the world that we live in. See, “Miccā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sōtapanna Stage.” This essential pre-requisite or the pre-condition to “enter the Noble Path” was…

Difference between "Arahant phala samapatti" and "Nirodha samapatti" ?

…is maintained by the kammic energy than what is the ahara (food) for the gandhabba during this period (during nirodha samapatti) ? How does the gandhabba is alive ? (6)…

Reply To: The Infinity problem – BIG doubt

…shell; it is being controlled by an unbelievably small “almost mental entity” called gandhabba. And that gandhabba itself changes moment-to-moment (by changing gati), and drastic changes in gandhabba occur when…