> Hello,
>
> Can you help name of this allegedly traditional Buddhist artifact?
> It's made of wire and set in various places with semi-precious stones.
> It can be manipulated through a range of positions from a simple hoop
> to a hollow sphere. Apparently, it can be used as a focus for
> meditation symbolising the stages of formation of the universe. Have
> you heard of anything like this before?

> Hello,
>
> Can you help name of this allegedly traditional Buddhist artifact?
> It's made of wire and set in various places with semi-precious stones.
> It can be manipulated through a range of positions from a simple hoop
> to a hollow sphere. Apparently, it can be used as a focus for
> meditation symbolising the stages of formation of the universe. Have
> you heard of anything like this before?

>
>
> Can you post a link to a photo of it Chade?

> Chade newsguy.com> writes:

>> Hello,

>

>> Can you help name of this allegedly traditional Buddhist artifact?
>> It's made of wire and set in various places with semi-precious stones.
>> It can be manipulated through a range of positions from a simple hoop
>> to a hollow sphere. Apparently, it can be used as a focus for
>> meditation symbolising the stages of formation of the universe. Have
>> you heard of anything like this before?

>
> From your description, you mean something like this:
>
> http://explorescienceitems.com/sphereCLAYCS.html
>
> I've seen them at market stalls, but wasn't aware of any Buddhist
> significance...
>

> On 23 Mar, 14:22, monkeym...@hactrn.ch (Monkey Mind) wrote:

>> Chade newsguy.com> writes:

>>> Hello,

>>

>>> Can you help name of this allegedly traditional Buddhist artifact?
>>> It's made...

> Chade newsguy.com> writes:
>
>

>> Something like that. As I recall from a slightly different one I saw
>> briefly it came with a sheet describing about eight different
>> configurations and explaining the supposed symbolism of each. I
>> thought the sheet mentioned Buddhism, not that the sheet or my memory
>> is necessarily accurate of course.

>
> Why are you interested in this object?
>

> On 23 Mar, 18:03, monkeym...@hactrn.ch (Monkey Mind) wrote:

>> Chade newsguy.com> writes:
>>
>>

>>> Something like that. As I recall from a slightly different one I saw
>>> briefly it came with a sheet describing about eight different
>>> configurations and explaining the supposed symbolism of each. I
>>> thought the sheet mentioned Buddhism, not that the sheet or my memory
>>> is necessarily accurate of course.

>>
>> Why are you interested in this object?
>>

>
> Partly because I thought it was a cool looking object, and partly
> because I wanted to have another look at the creation myth/model
> described.