user13157: Does a state called "Antarabhava" 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 "Antarabhava" 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).

user14872: 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_&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)

user10100: Bhava means birth, arising. While the aggregates are arising, born, they are being (Bhava) and being conditioned.
AN 3.47:1.6 SaṅkhataLakkhaṇaSutta:

“Mendicants, conditioned phenomena have these three characteristics.
What three?
Arising is evident, vanishing is evident, and change while persisting
is evident.
These are the three characteristics of conditioned phenomena.”

So, "existence between death and rebirth" is "present being (present being birth and not death) of  past death and future rebirth in succession".
Aggregates never stop to condition their effects. Even AsaññaSattaBhramma still be immagined by many real conditioner and conditioned. They have present 17 Rūpa which being conditioned by past Karmma and themselves.
So, there are nowhere "blank" or "special" between death and rebirth. There are only  death and rebirth between death and rebirth.

13157: <p>Does a state called &quot;Antarabhava&quot; an existence between death and rebirth exist?</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Bhikkus who support the claim that &quot;Antarabhava&quot; exists takes examples from suttas such as <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/pv/pv.1.05.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tirokudda Sutta</a> the first few verses,
<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.009.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kutuhalasala Sutta</a> 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).</p>
 14872: <p>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.</p>
<p>You can learn more from this Noble Eight-Fold Path Meditation: <a href="https://youtu.be/vu0UZDb3gKk?list=PLk22Pmbx-cNPA_vMHe4G9LOZaPm8GGpM_&amp;t=5790" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/vu0UZDb3gKk?list=PLk22Pmbx-cNPA_vMHe4G9LOZaPm8GGpM_&amp;t=5790</a></p>
<p>However the goal here is to understand the suffering nature of bodily pain (i.e. the 'dukka' part in dukka, domanassa, soka, parideva)</p>
 10100: <p>Bhava means birth, arising. While the aggregates are arising, born, they are being (Bhava) and being conditioned.</p>
<p><a href="https://suttacentral.net/an3.47/en/sujato#an3.47:1.6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AN 3.47:1.6</a> SaṅkhataLakkhaṇaSutta:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Mendicants, conditioned phenomena have these three characteristics.</p>
<p>What three?</p>
<p>Arising is evident, vanishing is evident, and change while persisting
is evident.</p>
<p>These are the three characteristics of conditioned phenomena.”</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>So, &quot;existence between death and rebirth&quot; is &quot;present being (present being birth and not death) of  past death and future rebirth in succession&quot;.</strong></p>
<p>Aggregates never stop to condition their effects. Even AsaññaSattaBhramma still be immagined by many real conditioner and conditioned. They have present 17 Rūpa which being conditioned by past Karmma and themselves.</p>
<p>So, there are nowhere &quot;blank&quot; or &quot;special&quot; between death and rebirth. There are only  death and rebirth between death and rebirth.</p>
