The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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"Parjanya (the god of rain), O Gautama, is the fire, the
year is its fuel, the clouds its smoke, lightning its
flame, the thunderbolt its cinders, the rumbling its
sparks. In this fire the gods offer King Moon as
libation. Out of that offering rain is produced.
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"This world, O Gautama, is the fire, the earth is its fuel,
fire its smoke, the night its flame, the moon its cinders,
the stars its sparks. In this fire the gods offer rain as
libation. Out of that offering food is produced.
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"Man, O Gautama, is the fire, the open mouth is its
fuel, the vital breath its smoke, speech its flame, the
eye its cinders and the ear its sparks. In this fire the
gods offer food as libation. Out of that offering semen
is produced.
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"Woman, O Gautama, is the fire, her sexual organ is
the fuel, the hairs the smoke, the vulva the flame,
sexual intercourse the cinders, enjoyment the sparks. In
this fire the gods offer semen as libation. Out of this
offering a man is born. He lives as long as he is to live.
Then, when he dies,
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