Some information regarding number 108

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> „X Sanskrit alphabet: There are 54 letters in the Sanskrit

alphabet.

> Each has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti. 54 times 2 is

108.

> „X Pranayama: If one is able to be so calm in meditation as to

have

> only 108 breaths in a day, enlightenment will come.

> „X Upanishads: Some say there are 108 Upanishads, texts of the

wisdom

> of the ancient sages.

> „X Sri Yantra: On the Sri Yantra there are marmas where three

lines

> intersect, and there are 54 such intersections. Each intersections

> has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti qualities. 54 times 2

> equals 108. Thus, there are 108 points that define the Sri Yantra

as

> well as the human body.

> „X 9 times 12: Both of these numbers have been said to have

spiritual

> significance in many traditions. 9 times 12 is 108. Also, 1 plus 8

> equals 9. That 9 times 12 equals 108.

> „X Powers of 1, 2, and 3 in math: 1 to 1st power=1; 2 to 2nd

power=4

> (2x2); 3 to 3rd power=27 (3x3x3). 1x4x27=108

> „X Desires: There are said to be 108 earthly desires in mortals.

> „X Lies: There are said to be 108 lies that humans tell.

> „X Delusions: There are said to be 108 human delusions or forms of

> ignorance.

> „X Heart Chakra: The chakras are the intersections of energy

lines,

> and there are said to be a total of 108 energy lines converging to

> form the heart chakra. One of them, sushumna leads to the crown

> chakra, and is said to be the path to Self-realization.

> „X Marmas: Marmas or marmastanas are like energy intersections

called

> chakras, except have fewer energy lines converging to form them.

> There are said to be 108 marmas in the subtle body.

> „X Time: Some say there are 108 feelings, with 36 related to the

past,

> 36 related to the present, and 36 related to the future.

> „X 8 extra beads: In doing a practice of counting the number of

> repetitions of the mala, 100 are counted as completed. The

remaining

> are said to cover errors or omissions. The 8 are also said to be

an

> offering to God and Guru.

> „X Chemistry: Interestingly, there are about 115 elements known on

the

> periodic table of the elements. Most of those, around or higher

than

> the number 100 only exist in the laboratory, and some for only

> thousandths of a second. The number that naturally exist on Earth

is

> around 100.

> „X Astrology: There are 12 constellations, and 9 arc segments

called

> namshas or chandrakalas. 9 times 12 equals 108. Chandra is moon,

and

> kalas are the divisions within a whole.

> „X Planets and Houses: In astrology, there are 12 houses and 9

> planets. 12 times 9 equals 108.

> „X Goddess names: There are said to be 108 Indian goddess names.

> „X Gopis of Krishna: In the Krishna tradition, there were said to

be

> 108 gopis or maid servants of Krishna.

> „X 1, 0, and 8: Some say that 1 stands for God or higher Truth, 0

> stands for emptiness or completeness in spiritual practice, and 8

> stands for infinity or eternity.

> „X Sun and Earth: The diameter of the sun is 108 times the

diameter of

> the Earth.

> „X Numerical scale: The 1 of 108, and the 8 of 108, when added

> together equals 9, which is the number of the numerical scale,

i.e.

> 1, 2, 3 ... 10, etc., where 0 is not a number.

> „X Meditations: Some say there are 108 styles of meditation.

> „X Paths to God: Some suggest that there are 108 paths to God.

> „X Smaller divisions: The number 108 is divided, such as in half,

> third, quarter, or twelfth, so that some malas have 54, 36, 27, or

9

> beads.

> „X Hinduism: 108 is said to refer to the number of Hindu deities.

Some

> say that each of the deities has 108 names.

> „X Islam: The number 108 is used in Islam to refer to God.

> „X Jain: In the Jain religion, 108 are the combined virtues of

five

> categories of holy ones, including 12, 8, 36, 25, and 27 virtues

> respectively.

> „X Sikh: The Sikh tradition has a mala of 108 knots tied in a

string

> of wool, rather than beads.

> „X Chinese: The Chinese Buddhists and Taoists use a 108 bead mala,

> which is called su-chu, and has three dividing beads, so the mala

is

> divided into three parts of 36 each.

> „X Stages of the soul: Said that Atman, the human soul or center

goes

> through 108 stages on the journey.

> „X Meru: This is a larger bead, not part of the 108. It is not

tied in

> the sequence of the other beads. It is the quiding bead, the one

that

> marks the beginning and end of the mala.

> „X Dance: There are 108 forms of dance in the Indian traditions.

> „X Praiseworthy souls: There are 108 qualities of praiseworthy

souls.

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