Navel cakra

maṇipūra / navel wheel

The navel cakra is the principal lower station in the tummo completion-stage visualisation. Its front-view placement is a symbolic torso coordinate for practice attention, not a physiological claim about heat generation.

Navel cakraNavel cakraTummo fire — gtum moHeart cakraThroat cakraCrown aperture

Point 1 of 5 in Tummo / Caṇḍālī Inner Heat

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Six Yogas of Nāropa (Nāro chos drug) (primary_canonical)

Sections on gtum mo, the four cakra stations, the central channel, and the red inner fire; wording and chapter divisions vary among Tibetan recensions.

Tsongkhapa, The Six Yogas of Naropa (secondary_translation)

English translation and practice commentary on the tummo visualisation, channels, winds, drops, and four principal cakra stations.

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