Chia, Mantak
1944--
author, Taoist practicioner and teacher

born in Bangkok, Thailand

Chinese parents, father was a Baptist Christian priest

lives in Thailand with 2nd wife and child
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In his book, Tao Yoga, Mantak Chia describes the
center of life energy as being just two inches inside the
navel.
Is this a contradiction to Zen, which says it is two
inches below the navel?
Or do they both mean the same?

It cannot be discussed and concluded; in fact, those
two inches are only the average.

When you breathe deeply you touch the center, and
you can find whether it is two inches behind or two
inches below...

                                                 --Osho
 The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself, ch. 10
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