Guest guest Posted February 17, 2002 Report Share Posted February 17, 2002 - Pavitra27 Sunday, February 17, 2002 02:51 Significance of the 108 beads on a Mala Please give me some information on the significance of the 108 number of beads that is found on a mala. During Jaap a mantra is repeated 108 times using the mala. I need to know the significance of this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~# This is an interesting question. I have not found a really satisfactory answer. The answers I had dealt with ideas like 12 months X 9 planets = 108 and another which focuses on how one and eight are separated by zero... None have really satisfied me personally. Let us ask the list members if they can throw more light on the significance of 108 beads... jay Vivekananda Centre London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2002 Report Share Posted February 17, 2002 Namaste, Please refer to message # 6582 [thread] and the reference: http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/magazine/vk/2001/10-4-2.asp By the way, this number is not limited to Hindu practices. Regards, Sunder Ramakrishna, " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda@b...> wrote: > > - > Pavitra27@a... > > Sunday, February 17, 2002 02:51 > Significance of the 108 beads on a Mala > > > Please give me some information on the significance of the 108 number of beads that is found on a mala. During Jaap a mantra is repeated 108 times using the mala. I need to know the significance of this. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~# > > This is an interesting question. I have not found a really satisfactory answer. > > The answers I had dealt with ideas like 12 months X 9 planets = 108 > and another which focuses on how one and eight are separated by zero... > > None have really satisfied me personally. > > Let us ask the list members if they can throw more light on the > significance of 108 beads... > > jay > Vivekananda Centre London > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2002 Report Share Posted February 19, 2002 - Pavitra27 Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:37 Re: Significance of the 108 beads on a Mala Thank you for taking the time to find a meaningful explanation to my question. I do appreciate it and on behalf of my 9year old son, from whom this question originated, thank you and continue the great work of educating the Hindus who are looking for answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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