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The minimum period between death and new birth is one year according to Hindu scripture.
Man’s fate after death
The human soul (jivatma) after having left the sensual body in which it has been incarcerated, again takes its birth in the material womb, the choice or selection of its next bodily parents being determined by his deeds in his previous existences. O you twice-born one, the Ativahika body, (which is peculiar to man alone) is the body which the soul assumes after physical death and is taken away by the orderlies of Yama (the king of death), after the dissolution of his gross earthly body. O you, the best of the twice-born ones, the same body is taken away by the servants of Yama, along the path over which he wields the uncontrolled sway. This is the specific lot of humanity, as contra-distinguished from his fellow animals. Then he is made to whirl round in the womb of the hell of Sadyati which resembles a Ghata Yantra in structure.
O Brahmana, this world is a world of deeds, whereas the next world is a world where the souls are dealt with according to their deserts. The god of, Death determines the hell to which a soul is to be committed to undergo punishment or to the womb in which he is to be born in his next existence, according to his deeds in the previous life. The god of death witnesses the human souls being poured into the wombs of their mothers in the form of essential air. The warders of Death lead the souls of men to their appointed places in the kingdom of their master. The virtuous they adore, while the souls of the wicked they oppress and the god Citragupta draws up an inventory of the good or evil deeds done by them in life.
The departed soul staying in the Ativahika body, receives the funeral oblations offered to him by his relations in this world and then ascends to the region of the Pretas and assumes an astral shape. Thirst and hunger oppress them at this point of transition in their progress upward and they delightfully partake of the oblations and libations of water offered to them by their friends on this side of life. Without such oblations and offerings, a soul cannot pass from his Ativahika body to the astral plain. Then after a lapse of a full year from the date of his death and after having witnessed the Sapindakarana ceremony done for his welfare, the soul of a man, renounces his Preta body and assumes one (Bhoga-Deha) that makes him capable of enjoying the fruits of his work, which might be either good or bad. Then, having enjoyed the fruits of his deeds done in his previous life, a soul is again cast down by the Law of Karma and the body assumed by him in the time of such enjoyment, is eaten up by the spirits of the night. The soul of a man, who was not wholly free from sin in his mundane existence, first reaps the fruits of the good deeds in paradise and is then committed in the pangs of hell in a body which the souls of the wicked assume. The soul that suffers hell at the outset and is thus purified, rises up to heaven to enjoy the fruits at his preponderant good in life and takes its re-birth, after the appointed time, in a pure and prosperous family. The soul of an otherwise virtuous man, but tinged with the shadow of an accidental sin, suffers penances in order to purge off that much evil and assumes a beautiful shape after the necessary purification. A soul is liberated from hell even when a small residue of the previous karma still exists and takes birth in the wombs of animals.
Agni Purana 369.3-18
You have asked for the time between two consecutive births. Suppose a person dies after x years. He will take a new birth after at least x+1 years.
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BDHA INDRA BRHMA
- Even though modern Buddhist deny god, Indra was the first person Buddha spoke after enlightment. There is so much reference to Brahma and other divine beings in different realm.
- Although buddha teachings was Anatta (No atman), he never denied concept of subtle body and countless rebirth/reappearance it takes, which is called as Samsara.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti was asked by a lady, “You are preaching everyone, you shouldn’t follow anyone, you must find the truth by own.”
JK said, “Yes, I have told this.”
Lady said, “What is your purpose behind your preaching.”
JK said, “I have no purpose behind preaching.”
If you have a purpose behind doing something, you will be always after results which will be cause of not delivering 100%.
In the battle of Mahabharatha, When Arjun took oath if he wouldn’t be able to kill Jaydratha before the sunset, he would immolate himself.
That day, Arjuna was more focused on sunset than his target (Jaydratha)
Krishna told him, “I understand Partha, you wanted to kill Jaydratha, but what was needed to take oath here. Now what is happening, you are not focusing to kill Jaydratha, your whole focus in on sunset.”
Wisdom simply means, your knowledge or intelligence is more inclined towards your passion or goal. Your Dharma is more important for you than petty results. We must use our wisdom for Karma, but never be more concerned about result.
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