The Yogācārin conception of the ālayavijñāna is of no relevance to this thread or this forum.stuka wrote:Good thing you qualified that as "abhidhammic", Bhante. Alayavinnana was Asangha's eisegeisis, in something like 4 BCE, according to Walpola Rahula, no...?
In the commentarial understanding it is to this that the term 'gandhabba' refers. You may or may not agree with that, but inasmuch as it is the ancient understanding of the Theravada school, it surely is as deserving of a mention as your conjecture about egg-drops.The Buddha did not teach patisandhivinnana either, did he...?
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