Humans (Precious Human Rebirth)
See also:
See also: Ten Dharma Realms,
Six Paths of Rebirth, the listings under the individual
destinies: 1) Gods (Devas
in Sanskrit); 2)
Humans (Manushya
in Sanskrit); 3)
Asuras (Titans);
4) Animals or
beasts (includes non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects,
viruses and bacteria, single-celled organisms); 5)
Ghosts (also called "hungry-ghosts"
or Pretas or bhutas in Sanskrit); 6)
Hell-beings or Hell-dwellers (demons
live in the narakas [in Sanskrit]);
Living beings,
Life according
to Buddhist Ayurveda,
Life according to
modern science, karma and
rebirth.