Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche

སྒྱུ་མའི་དཔེ་sgyu ma'i dpe māyopāma

Metaphors used to describe the inconcrete, empty, nature of phenomena

		Phenomenas are like a :
rmi lam	svapana	dream
sgyu ma	māya	magical illusion
mig 'khrul	indrajāla	optical illusion
smig sgyu	marīcī	mirage
chu zla	jalacandra	reflections of the moon in water
me long nang gi gzugs brnyan	darpaṇabiṃba	reflections in a mirror
sgra brnyan	pratiśabda	echo
dri za'i grong khyer	gandharva	fairy city of Gandharvas
mgal me'i 'khor lo	alātacakra	whirling firebrand
'ja' mtshon	indraraṅga	rainbow
glog	vidyuta	flash of lightning
chu bur	budbud	water bubbles
sprul pa	nirmāṇa	phantom or a magical creation