Reply To: Another proof about Jati and Bhava

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Lal
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“.. in certain periods humans live for tens of thousands of years.”

  • That refers to the lifetime of a human with a physical body. In the “Mahāpadāna Sutta (DN 14)“, our Buddha states that the lifetime of a human with a physical body changed from 80,000 years in the time of Buddha Vipassī to just around a hundred years in the time of his Buddha Sasana. The lifetime of a human with a physical body is still around a hundred years.
  • The length of the lifetime of a human gandhabba (i.e., the duration of human existence) is variable. Even these days, it can be thousands or even millions of years. Thus in  “Boy Who Remembered Pāli Suttas for 1500 Years“ the two consecutive lives with a human body have lifetimes of about 100 years. The gap between them is about 1500 years. The earlier life was during Buddhaghosa’s time (about 1500 years ago), and the next life (with a human body) is in the present. 
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