Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam - Dec 16th, 2005

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The scriptures have declared that birth as a human is a rare

privilige. Man is the foremost among all living beings in creation. In

spite of being endowed with superior faculties and capabilities, if

man lacks jnana (wisdom) he is no better than an animal. It is jnana

that distinguishes man from animals. In spite of possessing a human

body, with its sacred capacities, man pursues wrong paths and indulges

in misdeeds, thereby degrading his precious heritage. One who ought to

dedicate himself to the pursuit of the Divine and experience bliss,

reduces himself a slave to his senses and wastes his life in the

pursuit of the ephemeral. It is this preoccupation with the mundane

that is at the root of all the insecurity and unhappiness experienced

by man.

-SAI BABA