WHY The number 108 is sacred number.

"People often ask why the number 108 is auspicious. Actually, it is not 108; it is one - cipher - eight. One represents Purusha; eight represents Prakriti, the eightfold nature, and cipher represents blank, void or shoonya. When Purusha and Prakriti come together, there is creation. Eight plus one is nine. Now, if you take all the multiples of nine: 9 x 2 = 18, 9 x 3 = 27, 9 x 4 = 36, 9 x 5 = 45, each total is nine! All the multiplications of nine are nine and it never changes.

Whether duality or destruction is there, the universe, the creation, continues. But remember there is no beginning and no end to this creation. There will not be a day when there is no creation. It was, it is and it will be. So it is exactly 108. One represents Purusha and eight Prakriti, but to separate Prakriti from Purusha, you bring in the situation of vacuum, shoonya, non-existence, no mind. That is yoga. The number 108 represents the process of yoga, separation of Purusha from Prakriti by creating a state of vacuum, which is called dhyana or samadhi. The cipher means zero, and zero means there is nothing.

When the mind becomes quiet, there are no ripples. The state of shoonya arises when the mind is totally devoid of every experience: conscious, subconscious and unconscious. So, shoonya separates Purusha from Prakriti, samadhi separates Purusha from Prakriti, and that is the significance of one - zero - eight."

Swami Satyananda, Yoga magazine, July 2003

Another research on 108:

108 x 260 = 28080 These five digits represent the core fractal of the Arcturian Shield Program.
The number 108 is as profound as the Sacred Number 260, the number of the Sacred Count or Tzolkin of the indigenous Maya and Olmecs of Mesoamerica.

In Thailand there is a Massive Reclining Golden Buddha. The statue resides in the Grand Palace which has a huge compound surrounded by high white walls. The compound is about 260 hectares. On each of the Buddha's feet are 108 sacred symbols in laid with mother of pearl.

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 above image shows how the Giza platau is 108 minutes south of Jerusalam.

The Temple of Re-Harakhte (The Sun Temple of Ramesses II)
The main temple was dedicated to Ramesses II and to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, and to Ramesses II himself. Of the seven temples he built, Abu Simbel is considered to be the most impressive. The facade of the main temple is 108 feet high and 125 feet wide with four colossal seated statues about 65 feet high wearing the double crown and having the cartouches of Ramesses II.
The number 108 is highly auspicious in the Buddhist religion.

The Chinese Buddhists and Taoists use a 108 bead mala ("rosaries"), which is called su-chu, and has three dividing beads. The mala is divided into three parts of 36 each.

According to Chinese tradition one needs to walk 10800 LI to find Wisdom.

All major schools of Buddhism have long recognized the existence of 108 Defilements, which are so named because these faults cause both the body and mind to be afflicted and to suffer. Upon the exhaustion or elimination of the 108 Defilements through shugyo (the austere practice of bodymind transcendence), one enters a state of enlightenment. The allegory of 108 steps leading up to Buddhist temples now become clear. As each of the steps are climbed a defilement is symbolically eliminated, the seeker's true nature becomes less and less obscured and afflicted as they ascend the way. By the time the shrine is reached, the seeker is symbolically ready for enlightenment, the state of non-suffering.

The occurrences of 108 steps leading to Buddhist temples are common. Sometimes they rise in a single flight. Depending on the terrain, they might consist of two flights of 54 steps or three flights of 36 steps.

Beginning just before midnight on New Year's Eve, bells in Buddhist temples are rung 108 times to announce the passing of the old year and the coming of the new. It is said that humans are beset by 108 ill or earthly passions and that each stroke of the gong dispels one."

108 Brahmins were invited to the naming ceremony at the birth of the Buddha.
Astrological investigations of 108

"The key to full explanation of the "Sons of God" List is the total of 108 sars. We see the significance of 108 1080 to astronomy in the comparable Hebrew astronomical calendar. Since 360 x 3 = 1080 allows finer division, the Hebrews divided an "hour", i.e. one full turn of a 360 degree astronomical "clock", into 1080 subdivisions called HALAQIM. The usage of the number 1080 may also reflect ancient knowledge that precession moves 1° in 72 years. In 1080 years precession is 15°, one half-month of the precessional "great year". http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi31.htm
The ancient cultures divided the sky into 36 "night stations" of stars. These could be divided into a total of 108 (36 x 3) segments or SARS (Latvian ZAR = "branch") for better detail. I simply calibrated the data by potentiating 108 by 10 to get 1080 (= 360 x 3) and then dividing by 3. This was applied to the individual "reigns" of the kings. To get the degrees of arc of the circle. For example, we potentiate 20 sars x 10 = 200. Then we divide by 3, which gives 66.66 degrees (of 360 degrees). When we do this with all of the lengths of reign, the total is 360°" http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi31.htm
Venus orbits the Sun at 108,000,000 km (mean)
The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Earth.
108 as the Self Existing Star

The Kin Signature of Yellow Self-Existing Star is 108 This kin is intimately linked with the Great Star of Arcturus, Guardian of the Great Bear. It is from this association that the ASP received it's name. 108 is the Shield Glyph of the Arcturans.

"Memnosis, who cast the oracle, who spoke it’s truth, drew the rune. Lamat, the Star was the rune." The Arcturus Probe

Yellow Self-Existing Star Kin 108

I Define in order to Beautify
Measuring Art
I seal the Store of Elegance
With the Self-Existing tone of Form
I am guided by the power of Flowering
I am a galactic activation portal . . . enter me.

"104 + 4 = 108 = 104 (104,000 year) Arcturus Cycle, + 4 (the power of self defining form) (Arcturus is the 4th brightest star form the Earth perspective); 108 = 12 x 9, or 27 x 4 : 27 = 3 x 9 = the power of the Bolontiku (Nine Lords of Time and Destiny) in the unconscious. " Valum Votan

108 E-wheels of Om Mani Padme Hum