Never heard of 108 acupuncture cavities. Please research that and get back to us, if you would. Interesting concept.
108 comes from an ancient Chinese story, about some bandits that protected a village from some warlord. There were 108 of them; they are revered because of their sacrifice. Kind of like Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai". 108 also is the number of famous arhats in Buddhism, from what I've been told. The temple across from Shaolin, has I think, 108 statues, of these famous arhats. One of Shaolin's most revered gong fu forms, Da Lohan, has 108 steps, in memory of these 108 arhats.
108 comes from an ancient Chinese story, about some bandits that protected a village from some warlord. There were 108 of them; they are revered because of their sacrifice. Kind of like Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai". 108 also is the number of famous arhats in Buddhism, from what I've been told. The temple across from Shaolin, has I think, 108 statues, of these famous arhats. One of Shaolin's most revered gong fu forms, Da Lohan, has 108 steps, in memory of these 108 arhats.
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