Water light — navel centre
White flowing element
The navel anchor represents the water element in the selected five-light arrangement, using a pale field to suggest fluid luminosity rather than a fixed historical colour rule. It is a visual centre for the body-transformation narrative and is not a claim about a physical reservoir of light.
Point 2 of 5 in Rainbow Body (Ja-lü) — Five Light Centres
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Rigdzin Gödem, Dzogchen Upadeśa tantra cycle (rgyud bcu bdun / Seventeen Tantras) (primary_canonical)
The Upadeśa tantra cycle supplies the primary Dzogchen context for elemental light, channels, and visionary transformation; individual colour arrangements vary by transmission.
Namkhai Norbu, The Crystal and the Way of Light (secondary)
Commentary used to contextualize the five-element luminous-body teaching for a modern reader.