'Antarabhava' existence between rebirth and the death Does a state called &quot;Antarabhava&quot; an existence between death and rebirth exist?
Traditional Theravada sources, highly respected scholars and texts in Abhidhamma directly decline this as there is no such thing in the Dependant Origination. Arahat Moggaliputta Tissa Thero has also rejected this in the 3rd Buddhist Council.
Bhikkus who support the claim that &quot;Antarabhava&quot; exists takes examples from suttas such as Tirokudda Sutta the first few verses,
Kutuhalasala Sutta the last paragraph where Buddha states that a being who has left the present body but has not reborn in another body is sustained on craving (Tanha).
Most who are born in the human world will wait in a mind-made body waiting for a suitable place to be born. However it is not a birth or an existence.
You can learn more from this Noble Eight-Fold Path Meditation: https://youtu.be/vu0UZDb3gKk?list=PLk22Pmbx-cNPA_vMHe4G9LOZaPm8GGpM_&amp;t=5790
However the goal here is to understand the suffering nature of bodily pain (i.e. the 'dukka' part in dukka, domanassa, soka, parideva)