如幻喻 rú huàn yù

rú huàn yù set phrase aṣṭamāyopamā; eight siimiles of illusion
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Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: aṣṭamāyopamā, simile for the emptiness and impermanence of all dharmas included in the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra 摩訶般若波羅蜜經. these are: (1) a dream 夢, (2) an illusion 幻, (3) a mirage, (4) an echo 響, (5) an optical illusion, (6) the moon reflected in the water 水中月, (7) a city of the gandharvas 揵闥婆城, and (8) a Tathāgata's magical creation (BL 'aṣṭamāyopamā'; T 221).