The Coded Portal
Hint 1 of 11:
Use the Help to refresh your memory on the use of an abacus.
Hint 2 of 11:
Note the position of the six Buddhas, and the direction each is facing.
Hint 3 of 11:
It is not always easy to determine the "face" of each Buddha; start with the
two facing directly right and left.
Hint 4 of 11:
Do you see any other distinctions between the six sides of the octagon that
contain an abacus?
Hint 5 of 11:
Note the dots toward the center of each of these six segments, immediately
around the Yin-Yang symbol.
Hint 6 of 11:
Perhaps the dots represent numbers?
Hint 7 of 11:
Perhaps those numbers are related to the six abaci?
Hint 8 of 11:
But not to the abacus to which they are adjacent.
Hint 9 of 11:
What would relate the number of dots to its appropriate abacus?
Hint 10 of 11:
Try imagining each Buddha sitting in the center of the octagon; which segment
would he be facing?
Hint 11 of 11:
Now imagine a new relationship between which dots belong to which abacus.