If we are going to study tantra, it is necessary to understand the trikaya principle of being and manifesting. To begin with, it is necessary to understand the importance of relating with the body, or earthly existence, and relating with the vajra master, the great teacher who exists on earth. In some sense such a teacher is a magician, a conjurer: he has achieved total space, (dharmakaya); conquered the level of emotions, (sambhogakaya); and he actually exists in an earthly body, (nirmanakaya.)

From Journey without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha, page 108.

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His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa confers with Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. Photo by Andrea Roth.