The number 108 is seen as sacred in many different cultures.
The Kanjur is a major section of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon, consisting of the words of the Buddha, attributed directly to Shakyamuni. It is collected in 108 volumes.
The number 108 is used in Islam to refer to God.
The Sikh tradition has a mala of 108 knots tied in a string of wool, rather than beads.
In the Krishna tradition, there were said to be 108 gopis or maid servants of Krishna.
108 is said to refer to the number of Hindu deities. Each of the deities has 108 names.
The Vedanta, according to the Hinduist tradition, recognizes 108 authentic doctrines (Upanishad) aiming to approach the Truth and to destroy ignorance.
In the Jain religion, 108 is the number of combined virtues in the five categories of the holy ones, 12 + 8 + 36 + 25 + 27 virtues respectively = 108
There are 54 letters in the Sanskrit alphabet. Each has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti. 54 times 2 is 108.
There are 108 forms of dance in the Indian traditions.
On the Sri Yantra there are marmas where 3 lines intersect, and there are 54 such intersections. Each intersections has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti qualities. 54 times 2 equals 108.
The chakras are the intersections of all the energy lines of the subtle bodies. There are 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.
Marmas or marmastanas are like the energy intersections called chakras, except they have fewer energy lines converging to form them. There are 108 marmas in the subtle bodies.
The Kanjur is a major section of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon, consisting of the words of the Buddha, attributed directly to Shakyamuni. It is collected in 108 volumes.
The number 108 is used in Islam to refer to God.
The Sikh tradition has a mala of 108 knots tied in a string of wool, rather than beads.
In the Krishna tradition, there were said to be 108 gopis or maid servants of Krishna.
108 is said to refer to the number of Hindu deities. Each of the deities has 108 names.
The Vedanta, according to the Hinduist tradition, recognizes 108 authentic doctrines (Upanishad) aiming to approach the Truth and to destroy ignorance.
In the Jain religion, 108 is the number of combined virtues in the five categories of the holy ones, 12 + 8 + 36 + 25 + 27 virtues respectively = 108
There are 54 letters in the Sanskrit alphabet. Each has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti. 54 times 2 is 108.
There are 108 forms of dance in the Indian traditions.
On the Sri Yantra there are marmas where 3 lines intersect, and there are 54 such intersections. Each intersections has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti qualities. 54 times 2 equals 108.
The chakras are the intersections of all the energy lines of the subtle bodies. There are 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.
Marmas or marmastanas are like the energy intersections called chakras, except they have fewer energy lines converging to form them. There are 108 marmas in the subtle bodies.
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Re: The number 108
Tue, February 22, 2005 - 11:24 AMNice. I just learnt there are the 108 Steps of Shiva. does anybody know what those steps are? Are they the dance steps of Shiva Nataraja, the dancing Shiva? -
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Re: The number 108
Tue, February 22, 2005 - 10:18 PMlet us not forget 108 = number of double stitches in a baseball :) -
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Re: The number 108
Thu, February 24, 2005 - 11:04 AMfrom Mayan Shaman Quetza Sha:
>>>It is important in this new time the activation of the 108 Mayan dimensions for the continuation of the new solar race. This information was left behind in the Mayan temples specifically for the new millenium.
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The process is micro and macro cellular process from the etheric, auric and astral minds. Our bodies and our minds are alive in other dimensions. The Mayans speak of the 108 dimensions because they don't talk about the evolution of the internal being but your dimensional and galactic self. They speak of the creation of the solar system because human beings have the capacity to transform themselves into gods who can create in other dimensional when their hearts are open. This how the geometry is born that creates the forms physically and dimensionally like the oceans, mountains and everything else that science has not been able to answer. The mathematics Mayan is an astral language of the spirit that explains the codes of the sacred sites.<<<<
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Fri, February 25, 2005 - 4:16 AMWow!
108 Mayan dimensions !!
I had a wee surf around to see if I could find more on this subject . . . did not find much. I wonder if there are any texts that go further into this subject? I diagram of the dimeniosn would be facinating!
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