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Chandogya Upanishad

Prapathaka V, Khanda 7
Hindu trans. Max Müller • c. c. 800-600 BCE (translation 1879)
1
'The altar is man, O Gautama; its fuel speech itself, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear.
2
'On that altar the Devas (prânas) offer food. From that oblation rises seed.