INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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According to early Buddhist school records, at least six separate schools, namely Sarvāstivāda, Darṣṭāntika, Vātsīputrīyas, Saṃmitīya, Pūrvaśaila and Late Mahīśāsaka, accepted the concept of an intermediary person. Mahāsāṃghika, Mahīśāsaka, Theravāda, Vibhajyavāda and Śāriputrābhidharma (or Dharmagupta) were all against them. The classical Kathavatthu, for example, rejects the idea of an intermediary or transitional state between rebirths, claiming that rebirth occurs instantly (in a moment of mind) through the mind paṭisandhi (paṭisandhi citta). In addition, in the suttas of Nikāya there is mention of the state of Gandhabba as a being waiting to be born. This study shows that there is no conflict between the Buddhist schools of being reborn immediately or there is a waiting period to be born in a new body. Furthermore, it is shown that there are beings who are going from life to life but their nature is ‘No-Self’. This shows that each individual exists only because of a combination of many conditions it is impermanent and not fixed.
Keywords:
Intermediate body, Buddhist philosophy, Bardo body
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"EXISTENCE AFTER DEATH: AN ANALYSIS OF INTERMEDITATE EXISTENCE (ANTARĀ BHĀVA) IN BUDDHISM ", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.b135-b143, April-2024, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2404119.pdf
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