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The '''eight similes of illusion''' (Tib. སྒྱུ་མའི་དཔེ་བརྒྱད་, ''gyumé pé gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''sgyu ma'i dpe brgyad'') are (in the order in which they appear in [[Longchenpa]]'s ''[[Finding Comfort and Ease in the Illusoriness of Things]]''):

#Dream: like a dream, objects perceived with the five senses are not there, but they appear through delusion <br>
#Magical illusion: like a magic illusion, things are made to appear due to the temporary coming together of causes and conditions <br>
#Hallucination or ''trompe-l'oeil'': like a hallucination, things appear, yet there is nothing there<br>
#Mirage: like a mirage, things appear, but they are not real<br>
#Echo: like an echo, things can be perceived, but there is nothing there, either inside or outside <br>
#City of [[gandharva]]s: like a city of gandharvas, there is neither a dwelling nor anyone to dwell <br>
#Reflection: like a reflection, things appear, but have no reality of their own <br>
#Apparition: like an apparition, there are different types of appearances, but they are not really there

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