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Reply To: Gandhabba and Cloning

…is very likely that the gathi that influence the gandhabba are the gathi of the parents at the time of gandhabba “taking possession” of the zygote created by the sperm…

Reply To: gandha + abbha — utuja or karaja?

The post is: “Manomaya Kaya (Gandhabba) and the Physical Body” The “fine physical body by inhaling aroma” is NOT part of the utuja kaya. It belongs to the fourth kaya,…

Reply To: Ajjhatta äyatana vs bahiddha äyatana

…due to the cittaja kaya. – That is also the essence of a human or animal gandhabba. However, a gandhabba can “absorb” aroma and acquire a trace of matter, the…

Bhante Sujato provides evident of the process of rebirth

…didn’t specifically mention about “Gandhabba” but he was provided passages from various early suttas and NDE/OBE accounts or other various sources that clearly hint about a process or a journey…

Aṭṭha Purisa Puggalā- Eight Noble Persons

…be born in any realm and thus will remain in the gandhabba state until the kammic energy runs out. This is called antarāparinibbāna (“Parinibbāna in between realms”). This was discussed…

Reply To: sankhara as support for rebirth

Hi Tien, Yes. The death of the physical body is not the end of a human being. The “mental body” or the gandhabba comes out and waits for another womb….

Reply To: Arahanthood, Bhikkhu(ni) and death

…body dies and the gandhabba separates from it. – But I do not recall “direct accounts” in the Tipitaka about devas or brahmas attaining Parinibbana upon attaining the Arahanthood. However,…

Reply To: Video collection for correcting Wrong Views

…to Gandhabba Transformations” “Manomaya Kaya and Out-of-Body Experience (OBE)” “Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka” There could be more relevant posts. I just remember those offhand. – It would be…

Origin of Life – There is No Traceable Origin

…of our bodies started with just a single cell (zygote), and it became alive only when a gandhabba (or paṭisandhi viññāna) “descended to the womb” and merged with that single…

Reply To: Living Cell – How Did the First Cell Come to Existence?

…in the past with a “viññāna” has now led to a gandhabba (with pasada rupa and hadaya vatthu) for a new existence. – That kammic energy (E), corresponding to that…