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I see. It also fits with the scenario where the gandhabba is out of the body, but still connected via a silver cord. In that case, one would say that…
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I see. It also fits with the scenario where the gandhabba is out of the body, but still connected via a silver cord. In that case, one would say that…
…to that contact (phassa).” Shouldn’t the initial contact of a rupa with the pasada rupa be such that the pasada rupa of our Gandhabba is called indriya at that time?…
“When Gandhabba is not embodied, it should also feel bodily sensations due to the impingement of kaya rupa from within, i.e. from utuja kaya, right?” – No. When the gandhabba…
…Utuja rupa are produced by both the kammaja kaya and cittaja kaya and thus that comes next. That is the gandhabba with those three kāya. – When that gandhabba gets…
Thank you both for your valuable comments. Just a short question to Lal: Soontaneous birth is something that I usually mostly accounted for the Gandhabba state. But I heard something…
…and Body” brain plays a huge role in getting the sensory inputs to the manomaya kaya (gandhabba). – For example, visuals coming through the eyes are processed by the batin…
…which remained same throughout that period? Is it the same Gandhabba undergoing slight modifications but still the same.” Consider a river. A river consists of a flow of water particles,…
Does cravings and attachments inhibit the change and progress of a gandhabba? When one is on a spiritual path, their personality entirely changes as they progress, and there are some…
We are all gandhabbas with physical bodies. – So, we can taste food, smell odors, and touch things (sexual activities included). A gandhabba without a physical body (while waiting to…
…a gandhabba have while it does not have a physical body? We have gross body, sensation, perception, the volition to react and consciousness, does a gandhabba have any of these?…