Importance of Human Birth As explained by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba ********* Sri Sathya Sai Baba has said: “A human birth is the most sacred one among the 84 lakhs (84,00,000) of different living beings in this creation. To attain such a sacred birth is a great fortune, indeed.” (Ref.: Baba the Breath of Sai, Page 311) “The traditional number of created beings is 84 lakhs, and man is the final item of the evolutionary procession; but, why did the number stop at 84 lakhs? It stopped because man is the zenith, the fullness; he is Madhav in fact, though he has ignored the truth and holds fast to the belief that he is just a man. He is endowed with Manas, Buddhi, Chitta and Ahankaar (Mind, Intelligence, Reasoning faculty and Ego), all four, in an integrated personality, whereas the birds and beasts and all other species have mostly Ahankaar (Ego) alone. The lives of the later are centred round the aham and its desires and demands. But, man has the capacity to follow Satya, Dharma, Shanti and Prem; man alone has it. If he does not evince that capacity and develop it, he is as bad as a Vaanar or a Daanav (Ape or Ogre). When man was created, there remained nothing higher to create.” (SSS Vol. 6-15) “Having taken birth thousand and thousand of cores of times, as a result of the accumulated merits, at some time the being gets the human birth. Having obtained the human birth which is difficult to get and which is like a step to Liberation who is more sinful than him who does not uplift himself.” (Garuda Puran and Sai Teachings, Path to Liberation, Page 29) “Man is the most sacred of all the animals. To be born as a man is an extraordinary gift. Therefore, man must use this life of his in a purposeful manner. The disciples of Shankar (Lord Shiv) have pointed out that man remains in a miserable state in the womb of the mother during this cycle of birth and death. He gets some relief from such suffering after his birth. Therefore, he must make life a sacred one.” (Baba the Breath of Sai, Page 108) #sathyasai #saibhaķta