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…kāya” and “gandhabba” both refer to a “mental body” that is entirely created by kammic energy. However, the word “gandhabba” is used mainly for the mental bodies of humans and…

…paccayā bhava” step, giving rise to a gandhabba, which is a very tiny rūpa that is a “packet of energy.” Then, at the “bhava paccayā jāti” step, gandhabba enters a…

…is alive. Similarly, the gandhabba inside the physical body is also fully alive. It is because the gandhabba is alive that the physical body stays alive. The physical body can…

…are communicating, they cannot use words OR pictures. So, the process is much simpler. What one gandhabba X thinks about what to say to gandhabba Y, that message or saññā…

…and Gandhabba Ānantariya Kamma – Connection to Gandhabba Mental Body (Gandhabba) – Personal Accounts Abnormal Births Due to Gandhabba Transformations Satara Ahara for Mental Body or Gandhabba Micca Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba,…

…gandhabba; Click to hear the pronunciation of “antarābhava and gandhabba“: https://puredhamma.net/wp-content/uploads/antarabhava-gandhabba.mp3 . The inert physical body is made alive by the gandhabba (or “manomaya kāya“) that comes out of the…

…with a rupi manomaya kāya at the paṭisandhi moment. That is the birth of a (human or animal) gandhabba. That gandhabba is pulled into a womb to merge with a…

…“ghost in the machine”. In Buddha Dhamma, it is not a called a “ghost” but a “gandhabba“; see, “Mental Body – Gandhabba“. And unlike in Decartes’ ghost, gandhabba has a…

…“Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka” and “Antarabhava and gandhabba“ Without the concept of gandhabba, it is not possible to explain the difference between bhava and jāti: “Bhava and Jāti…

…it is a misconception that gandhabba is a Mahāyāna concept; see “Antarabhava and Gandhabba” and “Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka.” Without the concepts of gandhabba, it is not possible…