Talk:Tanden

Kanji character
Pleae add the Kanji characters to this page, as well as to the one on Hara (Fu), if you know them. This needs to be fleshed out, as presently this deep subject is dealt with simply as a dictionary entry. The depth of the subject matter is definiely Kurobi material, and well beyond me at this time. [[User:Whiskers|whiskers (talk)]] 23:32, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * I done added the characters. I also merged this page with Hara (Martial Arts) -- as that talk page mentions, Wikipedia is not a dictionary.  Also, provided that I have the character correct, the Chinese (at least, the modern Mandarin Chinese) for "hara" is not "fu" but "du" -- which is certainly a commonly heard everyday Chinese word for the stomach. - Nat Krause 15:12, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * The more common character for "hara" is 腹 (Pinyin: fù) not 肚 (Pinyin: dù). Other phrases that a typical martial arts buff might know that involve the character 腹: 腹切り (hara-kiri), 切腹 (seppuku).

A-cai 10:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * .jp Google hits for "腹": 1,640,000
 * .jp Google hits for "肚": 101,000

Chakras and Dantians
Hi, it would be great if a Qigong master could expand this. I'm not sure about trying to correspond the Dantian to the Svaddhisthana chakra, since the position in the belly and seeming role it plays seems more akin to Manipura. But also, there are also 3 Dantians, Upper, Middle and Lower. Different systems seem to place them slightly differently. Always the Upper Dantian is in the forehead between the eyes, at the Ajna chakra. Then either the middle dantian is at the solar plexus, and the lower in the belly OR the middle is in the belly, and the lower at the position between the genitals and the anus, at the base of the spine.

These correspond to Anahata chakra at the Solar Plexus, Manipura in the belly, and Muludhara at the base of the spine.

Some traditions comparing Chakras and Dantians even say that all 3 bottom chakras constitute the lower dantian.

Anyway, it is interesting to see the comparisons between different spiritual traditions, and where they come into agreement, but that point in the article needs more elaboration. But also, someone well versed in Chinese philosophy really needs to flesh this article out.