108: it means to eliminate 108 kinds of troubles and make the body and mind reach a state of silence. There are different opinions about the content of 180. Generally speaking, six roots have their own pains, joys and sorrows, which makes them eighteen.

There are three kinds of good, evil and equality in Six Roots, eighteen kinds of doing, which is thirty-six. Together with past lives's three generations, there are one hundred and eight kinds of troubles.

According to Tibetan scriptures, the top-grade Buddha beads are 1080. Because they are too long, these beads are only used by a few monks and hermits, or they are used as decorations by famous monks at Dafa meetings, and few people use them. Top-grade beads 108 (tantric 1 10), 54 middle-grade beads, the remaining 42, 2 1, 14, 36 pure land Sect, and Zen 18.