##### (2024-02-18) How I'm born (All about [[Gandhabba]]) > [!info] Youtube: How I'm born (all about Gandhabba) ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/7zk4MGQOPUk)) ## Pre-meeting Notes - We shall also be going through ghosts / spirits etc., which can be understood clearly through Buddha dhamma. Also, how beings affect our pysche would also be discussed there - (Stages of [[Jati|Rebirth]]) ^stages-of-jati - kalala = embryo within first 7 days of mating or reaching - abbuda = tumor or some fleshy substance - pesi = certain shape in the third stage of development - ghana = solidity of the shape in the fourth stage of development - pasākhā = branching out from that very place of solid shape - kesā lomā nakhāpi ca = hair, body hair, nails and all.. - **Suttas** - https://suttacentral.net/sn10.1/en/sujato - Most important sutta for this purpose - https://suttacentral.net/mn93/en/sujato - This would be another sutta we would be dealing with to understand about gandhabba on how it is reckoned as Brahmin, Kshtriya, Vaishya and Shudra and how the grading system appears - https://suttacentral.net/mn38/en/sujato - Another good sutta to understand on gandhabba - https://suttacentral.net/an4.131/en/sujato - This sutta is important to understand rebirth process