- Yes, thank you, Sir. I have heard that some Brahmas and Devas can end their Bhava before it naturally ends. Venerable Moggaliputta Tissa and Nagasena are examples. Lord Buddha also did this when he was a Brahma bodhisatta. This story is in the Nimi Jataka.
- The first humans were like Brahmas with solid bodies so their lives must have been extremely long. They come from the Abhassara loka. I have also heard that 100,000 and 80 years are the two extremes where a Lord Buddha can appear. Humans therefore live much longer than 100,000 years. Above 100,000 years they can’t understand tilakkhana, they do not see the need to free themselves from suffering. Below 80 years old they are too immoral to understand tilakkhana. Overall life expectancy increases or decreases depending on the Silā of the majority of humans.
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
