Reply To: Gandhabba, Rebirth: Time
…I contemplated whether or not a gandhabba is ever completely annihilated. All of this contemplation lead me to wonder about the nature of time in relation to rebirth and gandhabba….
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…I contemplated whether or not a gandhabba is ever completely annihilated. All of this contemplation lead me to wonder about the nature of time in relation to rebirth and gandhabba….
…linear as we imagine, does gandhabba operate anywhere in time, being only subject to locality? Also, is there ever an event where a gandhabba is completely annihilated, such as in…
…NOT the eyes, ears, tongue, nose, body, and brain. – The “sensing elements” are in the “energy-body”/”manomaya kaya/gandhabba. Those are the set of pasada rupa (cakkhu, sota, jivha, ghana, kaya)…
Yes. If someone needs to understand what the “essence of a human life” is, one needs to understand what I described above. – It is the manomaya kaya/gandhabba created by…
Thus this “chemical base” + gandhabba (patisandhi vinnana) is the “origin of life” with a dense body. It is only that modern science does not know the gandhabba is required,…
…vatthu is the seat of the mind. It is the major component of gandhabba. Gandhabba is inside the physical body, and the hadaya vatthu (together with the five pasada rupa)…
…this chart available to all. – The chart gives a good visualization of how “small” suddhāṭṭhaka is. It is just bit “denser” than gati/dhammā – Our mental body (gandhabba) is…
Thank you, Seng Kiat, for displaying Dosakkhayo’s chart. It is good to see it there. 1. By the way, only a Buddha can see the INITIAL manomaya kaya of gandhabba….
…our gandhabba is in the physical body. If that statement holds true, then contact with any san gati will also be made as long as there’s a particular gati matching…
…nama gotta. === For Details of gandhabba concepts, study, Living Dhamma – mental body gandhabba – section If you have not, please read the section Key Dhamma Concept – five-aggregates-pancakkhandha…