In the second season of "Lost" the castaways find a hatch leading to a bunker containing an incredibly strong electromagnetism generator.

In order to keep the machine from destroying the world, the castaways must enter the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, & 42.

The sum of which is 108.

They must enter these numbers every 108 minutes over and over and over again in order to save the world.

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Here are more Lost 108 tidbits by episode:



Season 1:

-"Confidence Man"-
The number of this episode is 1.08.

Season 2:

-"Man of Science, Man of Faith"-
The number 108 appears twice on the mural.

-"Adrift"-
The timer in the Swan counts down from 108 minutes.

-"Orientation"-
There are 540 days until the replacements arrive
(108 x 5 = 540).

-"Collision"-
There were 108 questions on the crossword puzzle Locke was working on.

-"One of Them"-
Kelvin Inman showed Sayid part of video reel #23108-42.
The tree frog that annoyed Sawyer gives off a chirp of 108 decibels.

-"Lockdown"-
On the blast door map, the roman numeral CVIII appears, which is 108.

-"?"-
The log printout in the Pearl has numbers every 1 hour 44 minutes, or 108 minutes.

-"Three Minutes"-
The vaccination in the vaccine kit should be taken every 9 days, or 216 hours (half of 216 is 108).

Season 3:

"Not in Portland"-
-Ben's heartbeat was 108 during the operation.

-"Flashes Before Your Eyes"-
The time on the clock was 1:08.

-"One of Us"-
There was 324 people on board Flight 815 (108 x 3 = 324).

-"Catch-22"-
There was 108 crates of wine made at the monastery.

Season 4:

-"There's No Place Like Home: Part 1"-
The Oceanic 6 were rescued on day 108.

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Now here is a list of eastern spiritual practices.


-Sacred within Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and connected yoga and dharma based practices.

-A mala usually has beads for 108 repetitions of a mantra.
Hindu deities have 108 names. Recital of these names, often accompanied by counting of 108-beaded Mala, is considered sacred and often done during religious ceremonies. The recital is called namajapa.

-It is described in the Srimad Bhagavatam that Krishna dances with 108 'Gopis' (cow-herd girls) in His Vrindavan pastimes, and later marries 16,108 wives in His city of Dwarka. Hare Krishna devotees thus hold 108 as a number of great significance.

-Siva Nataraja dances his cosmic dance in 108 poses.
The total of all digits of 108 (1+0+8) is 9, which in Hinduism is said to represent the 9 tattvas. If you divide 108 by 2 or multiply by 2 the total of all digits again equals 9.

-The number of sins in Tibetan Buddhism.
In the temple Angkor Wat area there are numerous references to the number 108, which plays a significant role in the symbolism of the structure.

-Ananda Coomaraswamy holds that the numerology of the decimal numeric system was key to its inception. 108 is therefore founded in Dharmic metaphysical numerology. One for bindu; zero for shunyata and eight for ananta.

-In Japan, at the end of the year, a bell is chimed 108 times to finish the old year and welcome the new one. Each ring represents one of 108 earthly temptations a person must overcome to achieve nirvana.

-Zen priests wear juzu (a ring of prayer beads) around their wrists, which consists of 108 beads.

-Many Buddhist temples have 108 steps.

-Hindu Kshatriya Dhangars have 108 clans. The lineage of these clans is from solar and lunar dynasties. These people like to point out that the diameter of the Sun is nearly 108 times the diameter of the Earth, the distance from the Sun to the Earth is nearly 108 times the diameter of the Sun, and the average distance of the Moon from the Earth is nearly 108 times the diameter of the Moon.

-The Eklingji temple complex includes 108 temples within its walls.

-In Hindu Astrology there are 12 Rashis or Zodiacs and 9 Planets or Navagrahas. 12 X 9 = 108. There are 27 Lunar mansions or Nakshatras which are divided in 4 Padas or quarters each. 27 X 4 = 108.

-There are 108 holy temples of Vishnu.
Sahasranamastotra or Sahasranama (1008 names (List of 10,000 names is given to a rishi called Tandi by Shiva; the rishi gives it to Upamanyu, and the latter to Krsna in an abridged. He gives only one tenth of the names, viz. 1008 names)) has a total of 108 shlokas.

-108 signifies the wholeness of the divinity, perfect totality.

-The Lankavatara Sutra repeatedly refers to the 108 steps.

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Now enter the Mayans.

History tells us that the Mayans were discovered after the Europeans began their travels to the New World in the 16th century.

The Mayans not only hold 108 as a sacred number, but they too believe the universe was created in 7 days, and did bleve this well before there were any Christians, Jews, or Muslims around.


On the calendar template, there are 9 levels until the what they called the golden age was to occur.

Each level is divided into 13 sections equally (7 days & 6 nights)

So every shift is the line between the 13 sections, so there are 12 shifts per section.

12 shifts multiplied by nine levels = 108

And that is when the calendar ceases.

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Will you be entering 108 over and over and over again?




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