Reply To: First sight of Gandhabba or Subtle body
“…I was able to understand how my inner body or gandhabba WOULD look. I was not out of body at this time… was able to understand or VISUALIZE on how…
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Rebirth,heredity , gathi…
Hello to all. Rebirth, heredity, gathi, gandhabba – is there any connection between? Or in other words can heredity be accepted by pure dhamma as a form of knowledge (biology/genetics)…
Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana
…even jhana. It is those who also can easily experience “out-of-body” experiences where the “mental body” (gandhabba) can come out. Those who can do “astral travel” do that by coming…
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,…