Parent:: [[Dukkha]], [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]]
Related:: [[Loka]], [[Gandhabba]]
# Jāti (Birth / Rebirth)
## What is Birth?
![[SN12.2 Vibhaṅgasutta#^jati]]
## How Conception happens?
![[AN3.61 Titthāyatanasutta#^conception-and-dukkha]]
> [!NOTE] How [[Gandhabba]] is conceived — In Assalāyanasutta ([MN93](https://suttacentral.net/mn93/en/sujato))
> ‘But do you know
> _‘Jānanti pana bhonto—_
>
> how an embryo **(fetus) is conceived**?’
> _yathā **gabbhassa avakkanti** hotī’ti?_
>
> ‘We do know that, sir.
> _‘Jānāma mayaṁ, bho—yathā gabbhassa avakkanti hoti._
>
> An embryo is conceived when these three things come together—the **mother and father come together (1)**, the **mother is in the fertile phase of her menstrual cycle (2)**, and the **==virile spirit==** is potent **(==arrives==) (3)**.’
>
> _Idha mātāpitaro ca sannipatitā honti, mātā ca utunī hoti, gandhabbo ca paccupaṭṭhito hoti; evaṁ tiṇṇaṁ sannipātā **==gabbhassa avakkanti==** hotī’ti._
>
> ‘But do you know
> _‘Jānanti pana bhonto—_
>
> for sure whether that **==virile spirit==** is an aristocrat, a brahmin, a peasant, or a menial?’
> _taggha, so **==gandhabbo==** khattiyo vā brāhmaṇo vā vesso vā suddo vā’ti?_
>
> ‘We don’t know that.’
> _‘Na mayaṁ, bho, jānāma—taggha so gandhabbo khattiyo vā brāhmaṇo vā vesso vā suddo vā’ti._
### Diagram of the Conception process
![[Pasted image 20231003063946.png]]
_(Source: created by Vilas, based on SN10.1 and MN93)_
## Suttas
- [[AN3.61 Titthāyatanasutta|Titthayatanasutta]]
- Buddha explains the conception process
- SN10.1 Indakasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn10.1/en/sujato))
- Buddha explains on the detailed steps of conception
- MN93 Assalāyanasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn93/en/sujato))
- More details on how an embryo is conceived!
- SN10.1 Indakasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn10.1/en/sujato))
- steps of how the body was built
## Notes
![[(2024-02-18) How I'm born (All about Gandhabba)#^stages-of-jati]]
## Videos
- **(Best)** [[(2024-02-18) How I'm born (All about Gandhabba)]] ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/7zk4MGQOPUk))
## Suttas
![[Loka#Suttas]]