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The deities are always here, their dharmakāya nature always pervading space. When sentient beings supplicate them with great love and faith, their sambhogakāya manifests like a rainbow, in various ways such as rainbows or clouds in the sky. Their nirmānakāya then arises as feelings of love, compassion and joy in the mind-streams of sentient beings. 

　

Outer signs could be rainbows in the sky. Inner signs include feelings of peace, happiness, faith, and compassion. Secret signs to a practitioner is certainty in the view, the nature of mind. Our stupas and temple are filled with Buddha relics; this is a very special place. These are the outer conditions, the inner condition is the disciples’ faith, and the secret condition is the buddha-nature of all sentient beings that is awakened naturally. 

　

Now, our buddha-nature has become frozen like a block of ice. When love and compassion arise, the ice is melting and self-grasping diminishes. Thus, the outer, inner and secret signs appear simultaneously. Sometimes the mandala, the boundless palace of the deities, appears, and various other signs appear.