The Buddha is not likely to have been declaring a universal absolute truth, only a relative one: In the past and again in the future -- when humans are very long lived -- this age grows to 500. That may seem untenable; however, humans once lived to be 80,000 (Ref: Buddhist Birth Stories: Jataka Tales, translated by Rhys Davids).
PHOTOS: Nam Bo-ra, a university student and TV drama actress in traditional Korean costume, is crowned with a black crown-like headpiece by adult aides during a traditional ceremony (L) and a man (R) in traditional Korean costume uses his mobile phone after a ceremony celebrating the Coming-Of-Age Day at a university in Seoul May 18, 2009. The traditional Coming-Of-Age ceremony is a ceremony that endows young boys and girls at the age of 20, who have lived under the protection of families, with individual [autonomy] (Xinhua/Reuters). MORE PHOTOS
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