Naropa: 12 SIMILES DESCRIBING THE PHENOMENAL WORLD

 

NAROPA

12 SIMILES DESCRIBING THE PHENOMENAL WORLD

A magic spell, a dream, a gleam before eyes,

A reflection, lightening, an echo, a rainbow,

Moonlight upon water, cloud-land,

dimness before the eyes, fog, and apparitions;

These are the twelve similes of the phenomenal.