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<big><big><big>སྒྱུ་མའི་དཔེ་</big></big></big>[[sgyu ma'i dpe]]  māyopāma
 
  
Metaphors used to describe the inconcrete, empty, nature of phenomena
 
 
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    <td> </td><td> </td><td><b>Phenomenas are like a :</b></td>
 
 
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    <td>[[rmi lam]]</td><td>svapana</td><td>dream</td>
 
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    <td>[[sgyu ma]]</td><td>māya</td><td>magical illusion</td>
 
 
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    <td>[[mig 'khrul]]</td><td>indrajāla</td><td>optical illusion</td>
 
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    <td>[[smig sgyu]]</td><td>marīcī</td><td>mirage</td>
 
 
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    <td>[[chu zla]]</td><td>jalacandra</td><td>reflections of the moon in water</td>
 
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    <td>[[me long nang gi gzugs brnyan]]</td><td>darpaṇabiṃba</td><td>reflections in a mirror</td>
 
 
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    <td>[[sgra brnyan]]</td><td>pratiśabda</td><td>echo</td>
 
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    <td>[[dri za'i grong khyer]]</td><td>gandharva</td><td>fairy city of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandharvas Gandharvas]</td>
 
 
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    <td>[[mgal me'i 'khor lo]]</td><td>[[alātacakra]]</td><td>whirling firebrand</td>
 
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    <td>[['ja' mtshon]]</td><td>indraraṅga</td><td>rainbow</td>
 
 
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    <td>[[glog]]</td><td>vidyuta</td><td>flash of lightning</td>
 
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    <td>[[chu bur]]</td><td>budbud</td><td>water bubbles</td>
 
 
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    <td>[[sprul pa]]</td><td> nirmāṇa</td><td>phantom or a magical creation</td>
 
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