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The following video provides further evidence supporting the concept of Bhava (state of existence) and multiple births therein. In the video, a white child named Chase claims to remember his past life as a black soldier during the American Civil War, which occurred from 1861 to 1865. Chase’s interview took place in 1994, meaning there is approximately a 129-year gap between his life as a black soldier and his current life as a red-headed boy. During this time, he may have existed in the paralokā, the world of gandhabba.
This story illustrates that individuals can change their nationality, skin color, gender, ethnicity, religion, and social status within a single Bhava. Therefore, it is not worthwhile to cling to these aspects of identity, as they can change at any moment. Instead, it is more beneficial to focus on the Dhamma and aspire to reach Nibbāna as quickly as possible.
Here is the video
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Chase’s interview took place in 1994, meaning there is approximately a 129-year gap between his life as a black soldier and his current life as a red-headed boy.
As if manussa bhava isn’t rare enough, manussa jati seems even more rare. If there are trillions of human gandhabbas in the paraloka, considering that human population is 8.2 billion, I would think that many gandhabbas would die without even getting a human birth (and even those that do would be miserable after death due to constant cravings). Most of them will likely grasp an apaya bhava, and be born instantaneously to experience extreme anguish if not an animal bhava. If it is an animal, getting an animal jati doesn’t seem hard. Mammals like dog could have up to a dozen puppies in one litter, reptiles like turtle can lay up to 110 eggs, and even worse crustaceans like crab can lay millions.
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The following rebirth account shows a 1500-yeas gap between two human births: “Boy Who Remembered Pāli Suttas for 1500 Years“
- Another fascinating account is in “Rebirth Account of Dorothy Eady.”
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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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“Boy Remembers Amazing Details of Past Life as Hollywood Actor“
This is an interesting case.
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