July 19, 2013

108 And Its Importance

     I always wondered why most mantras are  repeated 108 times. 108 is an odd number, so what is the deal? I stumbled across the reasons just by chance. Here are the numbers and the logic.

     The Sun and the Moon in astrology have the largest effect on humans due to gravitational pulls, as per astrological theory.

     The ancient Indians about 5000 BC to maybe 6000 BC figured out an incredible ratio,they figured out and accurately calculated that the diameter of the sun multiplied 108 times gives you the distance from the earth to the sun, and correspondingly, the diameter of the moon multiplied 108 times gives you the distance from the earth to the moon. Western astronomy just caught up about 200 years back to these estimates.

108 therefore becomes an amazing cosmic ratio of the closest two planets that effect earth.

Here are the numbers:

1) Diameter of the sun = 864327 miles. ( Multiplied by 108 = 93,347,351 Miles)

Distance from the sun ( as the earth has an elliptical orbit) minimum 91 million miles to maximum 94.1 million miles.

2) Diameter of the moon 2159 miles (Multiplied by 108 = 233,172 miles)

Distance of earth to moon is minimum 225,622 miles to a maximum of 252,088 miles ( as the moon too has an elliptical orbit).