Reg. Charity No.1121118
© KCAC 2010
Reg. Charity No.1121118
© KCAC 2010
*Hindus and Buddhists use 108 prayer beads
*The Sikhs use a mala made up of 108 knots tied together instead of beads
*There are stories, legend and folk tales written to 108
*Monuments are built to 108
*The Muktinath Temple in Mustang - the second most important Hindu site in Nepal - has 108 water spouts, shaped as cow’s heads where pilgrims bathe - see photo above
*There are 108 ways in which sorrow and suffering can be removed from the world
*The Jains believe in 108 combined virtues of the holy ones
*There are 108 ways to show compassion to others
*Shrada (faith) is performed by burning butter lamps in sets of 108
*It is said that there are 108 desires in earthly mortals
*It is said there are 108 lies that humans can tell
*It is said there are 108 forms of ignorance
*There are believed to be 108 energy lines that run to the heart
*There are 108 stages that the soul goes through on its journey
*The Gopis or maidservants of Krishna were said to number 108
*108 represents God in Islam
*Astrologically there are 12 houses & nine planets (9 x12=108)
*The sun is 108 times the diameter of the earth
*There are believed to be 108 Upanishad texts - the wisdom of the ancient Hindu sages
*1 + 0 + 8 = 9, an absolute number mathematically and astrologically
*There are 54 letters in the Sanskrit alphabet. They each have a feminine and masculine form (54 + 54 = 108)
*Many Buddhist temples have 108 steps
*Mount Kailash is considered holy to both Buddhists and HIndus, it is said that if you do 108 circumambulations, that you will reach enlightenment
*and there are many more examples
*Siddhartha was the 108th reincarnation of Buddha
108
is a sacred number in Hinduism, Buddhism and throughout most of Asia
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