1. The Vedic Mathematical explanation of the number ‘108’ is associated with the distance of the Sun and the Earth and also the Earth and the Moon which is 108 times the diameter of the Sun and the Moon respectively.
2. The numbers ‘1’, ‘0’ and ‘8’ separately signify ‘oneness’, ‘nothingness’ and ‘everything’ respectively. Together, they depict the ultimate reality of the universe- that it is one, empty and infinite, all at once. #DharmicTuesdays
The verse originally appears in the Chandogya Upanishad (6.8.7) of the Sama Veda as the culminating thought in a dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Svetaketu.
2. Chandogya Upanishad belongs to Tandya school under Kauthuma Samhita of the Samaveda. Out of the ten chapters of the Chandogya Brahmana; chapters third to tenth are considered as the Chandogya Upanishad. #PhilosophicalMondays
3. The Chandogya is one of the 12 major Upanishads. The 12 being:Aitareya and the Kauhsitaki from Rig Veda;Chandogya and Kena from Samaveda;Taittiriya, Katha, Shvetashvatara, Brihadaranyaka and Isha from Yajur; Prashna, Mundaka and Mandukya from Atharvaveda #PhilosophicalMondays