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up.” On the order of the judge the place was dug up and the corpse recovered. Now everyone had to accept the information revealed by the child. The judge asked, “Child, how come you know about this murder?” The child said, “The person murdered was none else but me. Theses people found me alone and killed me. I was not alert at that time.” After that he blurted out that he acted dumb awaiting the right opportunity. Now the opportunity was presented and his duty is over. After this he ran away and became a hermit. Needless to say that the case was reopened, the innocent was released and the convicts got the punishment they deserved.
(3) We often witness, hear and read about incidents of Jātisinarana (memories of the past birth). Therefore, there should be no hesitation in accepting that beings are reborn. Those who do not believe in rebirth find these incidents of memories of the past birth to be unanswered questions. They have yet to find a scientific explanation for such incidents. The daughter of Pandit Himmat Bhai of Songarh has Jāti-smaraņa jñāna (the knowledge about earlier births). Many a times she has been taken to the place where she lived during her past birth and there she has recognized the relatives and acquaintances of the past birth. She has also revealed many family secrets, which no outsider knew. On the advice of late Shri Kanji Swāmi I also met that girl in presence of Pandit Himmat Bhai. She was probably eleven years old then. Himmat Bhai also showed me various newspaper cuttings detailing interviews taken by Indian and foreign journalists.
I am aware of many other such incidents. In Rajasthan University, Jaipur, Prof. Banerji conducted a research, touring extensively around the country and outside for many years. He compiled, studied, and analyzed a number of incidents related to memories from the past birth. He collected first hand information from such persons and examined it thoroughly. He compiled information about hundreds of such incidents. After studying all these he came to the firm conclusion that a soul is reborn and many individuals remember numerous incidents from past birth. If the concept of rebirth was false no one could have memories from past birth and no such claims could be proved correct.
In fact, Jāti-smaraṇa jñāna is a strong and irrefutable argument in favour of the concept of rebirth.
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