[MD] a mirage

[X Acto]

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[But knowing real water causes one to be decieved in the first place]

"The analogy must be spelled out with care to avoid the extreme of nihilism." 

We must first be aware what the deception is based on, a real verifyable experience.

The simile is inaccurate and misleading.



real mirage

as opposed to a fake mirage?


..Mirages for Mådhyamikas 

"Among the many similes for conventional truth that litter Madhyamaka texts, the most fruitful is that of the mirage. Conventional truth is false, Candrakirti tells us, because it is deceptive.  Candrakirti spells this out in terms of a mirage. A mirage appears to be water, but is in fact empty of water—it is deceptive, and in that sense, a false appearance. On the other hand, a mirage is not nothing: it is a real mirage, just not real water.