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The '''eight similes of illusion''' ([[wyl.]] ''sgyu ma'i dpe brgyad'') are,
The '''eight similes of illusion''' ([[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]]''):


1) dream, <br>
#dream, <br>
2) illusion or magic show, <br>
#magical illusion, <br>
3) visual aberration, or ''trompe-l'oeil'' <br>
#hallucination, or ''trompe-l'oeil'' <br>
4) mirage, <br>
#mirage, <br>
5) echo, <br>
#reflection of the moon in water,<br>
6) city of [[gandharvas]], <br>
#echo, <br>
7) reflection, <br>
#city of [[gandharva]]s, <br>
8) apparition, or city created by magic.
#reflection, <br>
#apparition.


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Revision as of 04:13, 29 March 2007

The eight similes of illusion (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):

  1. dream,
  2. magical illusion,
  3. hallucination, or trompe-l'oeil
  4. mirage,
  5. reflection of the moon in water,
  6. echo,
  7. city of gandharvas,
  8. reflection,
  9. apparition.