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12 The Uncreated, the Unshaped, the Unmodified is the Dharma-Kāya. The Offspring, the Modification of the Unmodified, the manifestation of all perfect attributes in one body, is the Sambhoga-Kāya: ‘The embodiment of all that is wise, merciful and loving in the Dharma-Kāya—as clouds on the surface of the heavens or a rainbow on the surface of the clouds—is said to be Sambhoga-Kāya’. The condensation and differentiation of the One Body as many is the Nirmāṇa-Kāya, or the Divine Incarnations among sentient beings, that is to say, among beings immersed in the Illusion called Sangsāra, in phenomena, in worldly existence. All enlightened beings who are reborn in this or in any other world with full consciousness, as workers for the betterment of their fellow creatures, are said to be Nirmāṇa-Kāya incarnates.

With the Dharma-Kāya Tantric Buddhism associates the Primordial Buddha Samanta-Bhadra (Tib. Kün-tu-bzang-po—pron. Kün-tu-zang-po), Who is without Beginning or End, the