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What is 108 Temples, One Mind Program?
Monthly Three-Day, Two-Night Programs
Featuring a Temple Stay, Meditation Sessions,
with Two Additional Temple Tours
The 108 Temples, One Mind Program offers a unique opportunity to cleanse negative emotions and memories through mindful visits to three temples each month. Over the course of three years, participants will complete the journey of visiting 108 temples, fostering inner peace and spiritual growth.
Temple Stay:
Stay in one of the primary temples hosting a Temple Stay program as your main accommodation.
Meditation:
Engage in loving-kindness practices, breathing exercises, and mindfulness programmes designed to deepen concentration and cultivate insight.
Temple Tour:
Visit two additional temples located near the main hosting temple, offering an extended opportunity to explore the richness of the local Buddhist heritage.
108 Defilements in Buddhism
The number 108 holds profound symbolic meaning in Buddhism, particularly in relation to defilements (kilesa), which are mental impurities that obstruct one's path to enlightenment.
The concept of 108 defilements is rooted in Buddhist psychology and cosmology, reflecting the numerous ways in which the mind can be afflicted by various forms of desire, aversion, and delusion.
Six Sense Bases:
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind
Three Feelings:
Pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral
Two Moral Qualities:
Good vs Bad
Three Temporal Dimensions:
Past, Present, and Future
6 senses bases×3 feelings×2 moral qulities×3 times=108
108 Beads
108 Bows
By combining these factors, the calculation is 6×3×2×3=108. This represents all possible defilements arising from sensory experiences, feelings, moral attributes, and time.
Practitioners strive to overcome these defilements through practices such as mindfulness, ethical conduct, and meditation, all of which aim to purify the mind.