Meaning of 108 beads on a mala

Meaning of 108 beads on a mala

On a mala, or set of mantra counting beads, there are generally 108 beads, or some fraction of that number. The question often arises: Why are there 108 beads on a mala?

Below are some of the many reasons that have been given for having 108 beads on a mala, as well as a few other points of interest. None of these reasons are being promoted here as more or less true than the others. However, you may notice that 108 appears to be somewhat like a road map of reality in general, and the human in particular.

Regardless of the meaning of 108, it is important that if a mala is used to count mantras, the mantra be remembered with sincerity, devotion, feeling, and full attention.

 

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.

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

Harshad number: 108 is a Harshad number, which is an integer divisible by the sum of its digits (Harshad is from Sanskrit, and means "great joy")

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

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

Delusions: There are said to be 108 human delusions or forms of ignorance.

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.

Sanskrit alphabet: There are 54 letters in the Sanskrit alphabet. Each has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti. 54 times 2 is 108.

Pranayama: If one is able to be so calm in meditation as to have only 108 breaths in a day, enlightenment will come.

Upanishads: Some say there are 108 Upanishads, texts of the wisdom of the ancient sages.

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.

Pentagon: The angle formed by two adjacent lines in a pentagon equals 108 degrees.

Marmas: Marmas or marmasthanas 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.

Time: Some say there are 108 feelings, with 36 related to the past, 36 related to the present, and 36 related to the future.

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.

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.

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.

River Ganga: The sacred River Ganga spans a longitude of 12 degrees (79 to 91), and a latitude of 9 degrees (22 to 31). 12 times 9 equals 108.

Planets and Houses: In astrology, there are 12 houses and 9 planets. 12 times 9 equals 108.

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

Gopis of Krishna: In the Krishna tradition, there were said to be 108 gopis or maid servants of Krishna.

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.

Sun and Earth: The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Earth. The distance

from the Sun to the Earth is 108 times the diameter of the Sun.

Moon and Earth: The average distance of the Moon from the Earth is 108 times the diameter of the Moon.

Silver and the moon: In astrology, the metal silver is said to represent the moon. The atomic weight of silver is 108.

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.

Meditations: Some say there are 108 styles of meditation.

Breath: Tantra estimates the average number of breaths per day at 21,600, of which 10,800 are solar energy, and 10,800 are lunar energy. Multiplying 108 by 100 is 10,800. Multiplying 2 x 10,800 equals 21,600.

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

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.

Hinduism: 108 is said to refer to the number of Hindu deities. Some say that each of the

deities has 108 names.

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

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.

Sikh: The Sikh tradition has a mala of 108 knots tied in a string of wool, rather than beads.

Buddhism: Some Buddhists carve 108 small Buddhas on a walnut for good luck. Some ring a bell 108 times to celebrate a new year. There are said to be 108 virtues to cultivate and 108 defilements to avoid.

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. Chinese astrology says that there are 108 sacred stars.

Stages of the soul: Said that Atman, the human soul or center goes through 108 stages on the journey.

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.

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

Praiseworthy souls: There are 108 qualities of praiseworthy souls.

First man in space: The first manned space flight lasted 108 minutes, and was on April 12, 1961 by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut.

How Astrology can help you in Winning Lottery

How Astrology can help you in Winning Lottery

Winning in Lottery or Sudden gains in Astrology

Lottery, I think everyone want to be rich or want easy money in their life. what luxury a person get in life. But a common person can win a lottery? I think ‘’no’’ if everyone could win a lottery we all would be millionaire but we are not. Lottery money is unearned and sudden gain money. So what are the house and reason in astrology for people who win lottery?

Lottery astrology house

1. The person should be lucky: the person should have good 1st, 5th, and 9th house lord in good dignity, as they are dharmic or trikone houses in astrology.

2. The person have good wealth house: 2nd, 5th, 9th, and 11th house lord should be in good dignity. The 2nd house represents wealth and material possessions.

3. The person should be good in speculative business: 5th house represent speculative and stock market and gambling. 5th house lord should be good.

4. Unearned and sudden gain of money: 8th house present sudden and unearned money. 8th lord should be in good dignity.

5. 11th house: represent fulfillment of desire, good 11th house can fulfill desire.

There are mainly two significator planet which give wealth and these are Jupiter and Venus.
Jupiter and Venus in good sign in any of these houses can win lottery. Those planet who rule (1st, 5th,and 9th house ) and if they are in good dignity can give wealth during their time period. 

Lottery astrology aspects

​To win a lottery there should be Venus-Jupiter aspect or conjunction should be there in birth chart. Venus is the natural ruler of the 2nd house, which represents hoarded wealth and material possessions. Jupiter is the planet of expansion and good fortunate. Aspects between 2nd lord and 9th lord if they are good dignity (exalted or own sign) can help in winning lottery. Jupiter and Ketu (South Node) aspect and conjunction can also attract money.

Lottery astrology transits

Good planets transits in 5th 8th and 9th house can bring money through gambling. There should be combination of these house with 2nd and 11th house. Exalted Jupiter transiting 8th house can bring luck in lottery winning for some people.

Lottery astrology numbers

Numbers play very important role in when we choosing to play to win lottery. One should number which have significant meaning of number in their life. Your birth date is especial number and you can use this number in combination of life path and name number. To win a lottery one can find their lucky number with help of numerologist. Some people have their internal feeling about which number is lucky. They can use their insight when choosing lottery ticket.

At the end 8th house is have big role in winning lottery, however 8th house is also sudden ups and down house in life. 8th house play very big role in making people from rags to riches or riches to rags. 

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What is Astrology

What is Astrology

Astrology has fascinated people for centuries because it claims to be able to provide us with a glimpse of this plan of our lives. Millions of people believe in astrology, and accept the truth of something which have influence on everything. Astrology has been rejected by some people as superstition, but many people still believe in astrology. People consult their daily horoscope with the astrologer and check in the newspapers.

Astrology is the science that explores the action of the celestial bodies upon animate and inanimate objects, and their reactions to such influences. Now a day’s people are aware of, that astronomy is related with astrology. Astronomy is the science of distance, magnitude, masses, motions, speeds, locations, and so on. Therefore astronomy termed as objective science while astrology termed as subjective science. Thus the charting of the horoscope is astronomical process, the judgment of or delineation of the horoscope is an astrological process.

The celestial bodies and the natural bodies visible in the sky have influence in our life. The earth revolves around the Sun and the Sun appears to follow a path across the sky revolve moving a secular establish line of travel the path called the ecliptic. This elliptic path is divided into 12 parts. These 12 parts called the signs of the zodiac. These 12 zodiacs believed to part of TIME, which represents different area of life and body parts in the humans. The signs of the zodiac start from Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. The 12 signs of the zodiac are 360° in the ecliptic and each zodiac sign is 30° long and known as houses. Each zodiac consists by constellations which are fixed recognized as stars in the night sky.

The main celestial bodies or planets include in vedic astrology are Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. Rahu and Ketu are not the planets they are shadow of the moon which play very important role in human life. These Planets are constantly in motion with respect to earth in the skies. Each planet has a meaning and a principle behind it. The planets represent different area and also inner functions or internal organs of the human life. There are 27 constellations (stars) in the sky. The relative positions of the Sun the moon, Rahu, Ketu, the other planets and the stars ( constellation) at the moment of your birth determines your life.

Horoscope is divided into the 12 signs of the zodiac. Each sign of the zodiac represents an area of life such as health, work, and love. At any moment each celestial body is in a particular house represent a basic human drive. Astrologers interpret the positions of the celestial bodies within each house and sign and can explore in great detail.

To understand in an easy way, you just consider….

Planets are the actors,
The Signs are the roles,
The Houses are the stage.

Astrology teaches us that there is harmony and symmetry in the universe and that everyone is the part of whole. Thus one should try to understand the astrology as a philosophy which helps to explain life, and as a predictive art and science. Astrology should be part of a normal person's education so that people can understand about life and purpose of human life living. Astrology is not only a way to better understand who we are, it is, itself, a way to live life a path. As we know life is uncertain, so we should learn how astrology works and become aware of the cycles of ups and downs of our life and then put to use. Astrology not a matter of faith or belief but rather one of use of it. I, personally, find astrology useful in my life, it is a way of understanding who I am and what my life is about.

These are some benefits of learning Astrology:

1. Avoiding repetitive personal or impersonal mistakes.
2. Resolving guilt over past mistakes and not feeling guilty.
3. Knowing that a tough time in your life is happening for a good reason and has an end.
4. Stop judging others who are made up of the same as you are but they are arranged differently.
5. Being able to learn from past.
6. Improving relationships with everyone, especially with spouse..
7. Astrology helpful in decision making.

 !!! Everyone Should Learn Astrology!!!

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