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For a new life to begin, three conditions must converge. The union of the parents, the right biological timing, and a third element known as the Gandhabba. This Gandhabba is not a soul or spirit, but the momentum of a previously lived mindstream, carrying its accumulated Karma, now seeking the next place to arise. Without this factor, physical conditions alone are not enough for rebirth to occur. This leads to an ancient and profound question. If there is no permanent self, what is it that is reborn? The final moment of awareness in this life, called the Cuti-citta, conditions the arising of the first moment in the next life, the Paṭisandhi-viññāṇa. Nothing material or permanent passes across. But the process itself continues without a break. It is a transmission not of self, but of conditions.
For a new life to begin, three conditions must converge. The union of the parents, the right biological timing, and a third element known as the Gandhabba. This Gandhabba is not a soul or spirit, but the momentum of a previously lived mindstream, carrying its accumulated Karma, now seeking the next place to arise. Without this factor, physical conditions alone are not enough for rebirth to occur. This leads to an ancient and profound question. If there is no permanent self, what is it that is reborn?
The final moment of awareness in this life, called the Cuti-citta, conditions the arising of the first moment in the next life, the Paṭisandhi-viññāṇa. Nothing material or permanent passes across. But the process itself continues without a break. It is a transmission not of self, but of conditions.
