The number 108 does not mean that there are only 108 Ruesi – the word 108 is used to indicate “lots of”…in Thailand it is a common phrase used to mean an uncountable number.The number one hundred and eight is of course a sacred number in Buddhist tradition.

The Ruesi; The Ruesis, or Rasi/Lersi or even as they are also called “Rishi”,
Ruesi is a word used to call people who posess mind powers, who practise the development
of mind and it’s powers in various aspects. Even the Lord Buddha Himself recieved teachings from the Ruesi.
Sidhatta only left the schooling philosophy of the Ruesi, because it wasn’t going to lead him to Enlightenment,
rather only to a higher level of the heavenly realms, a favourable rebirth that leaves one reborn as an Angel or an Archangel

Buchiwagoemarapat was the healing Master Ruesi who served as doctor to the Buddha Sakyamuni.
The Ruesi are known to have attained various supernatural mind powers, such as;
The Ability to Float and See the Future
The Ability to heal with forest herbs, voice powers, talk with animals, read minds, and even teleportation.
Another translation for the word Ruesi, would be “Seer” -the author suggests also the word Wizard, as the Ruesi also made use of Magic Spells using a stick to cast with,just as does the Wizard who is to be found in Western Mythologies.

The word Ruesi is associated with the thought of a secretive, mysterious hermit-like person who lives a solitary existence and dwells in a cave, the forest or in the mountains. The real meaning of the word Ruesi, is “Seer”, meaning one with special abilities to see things that normal humans cannot percieve. Such as vision of the three times (Past, Present & Future events). Such an ability os called Trigalachan, meaning “he who knows the three timesspheres. the oldest Sanskrit Myths and texts do not record how far back the existence of the Ruesi goes, but the Buddhist texts have a record known referring to the Buppaeniwaasaanusathiyan – of the Ruesi and that of the Buddha, and how they differ. (Buppaeniwaasaanusathiyan means the ability to remember previous incarnations). Ruesi can allegedly only remember up to a limit of eighty past lives, whereas the Buddha could remember as far back as it is possible to imagine, an endless number of lives that cannot be counted.This text also heralds the Buddha as being the superior Being and much higher than any Ruesi. There is a comment in the taerakata of the Khuttaga Nigay saying “The Great Lord Buddha is the Ruesi who is most perfect and attained of all the Ruesi”. Therefore suggesting that the Buddha was also a Ruesi, albeit the most highest of all. The creation of the great “Ruekawaes” (Rigveda) 500 years ago, was accredited to the Ruesi.