108 has long been considered a sacred number in Hinduism and yoga.
Vedic culture viewed 108 as a number of the wholeness of existence.
In Buddhism, according to Bhante Gunaratana this number is reached by multiplying the senses smell, touch, taste, hearing, sight, and consciousness by whether they are painful, pleasant or neutral, and then again by whether these are internally generated or externally occurring, and yet again by past, present and future, finally we get 108 feelings. 6 × 3 × 2 × 3 = 108.
Tibetan Buddhist are usually 108 beads; sometimes 111 including the guru bead(s), reflecting the words of the Buddha called in Tibetan the Kangyur in 108 volumes. Zen priests wear around their wrists, which consists of 108 beads.
In Buddhism, the number 108 connects us to our place in the dharma.
If the human form is represented by a five-pointed star contained within a circle to represent the Earth, we see 108ᵒ in each angle.
Within us, the heart chakra is formed of 108 lines of energy and
108 pressure points 108ᵒF, meanwhile, is the critical temperature at which our vital organs begin to overheat and shut down.
On a cosmic level, the distance between the sun and the Earth is 108 times the diameter of the sun. The number 108 connects us both to ourselves and to the world around us.
There are 108 lines of energy that go out from your heart chakra to the other 6 chakras.
108 pressure points in the body
108 times at reincarnation
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In literature
- In Homer's Odyssey, the number of suitors coveting Penelope, wife of Odysseus.
- There are 108 outlaws in the Chinese classic Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an.
- There are 108 love sonnets in Astrophil and Stella, the first English sonnet sequence by Sir Philip Sidney.
- There are 108 lines in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven".
- There are 108 murders detailed in "The Part About The Crimes" in Roberto Bolaño's novel 2666.
- 108 is the atomic number of hassium.
- 108 degrees Fahrenheit is the internal temperature at which the human body's vital organs begin to fail from overheating.
- The distance of Earth from the Sun is about 108 times the diameter of the Sun (actually closer to 107.51, as per definition of the AU). Actual ratio varies between 105.7 (Perihelion) and 109.3 (Aphelion).
- The distance between the Earth and the Moon is also about 108 times the diameter of the Moon.