In Hinduism the atman ("breath," or "soul") is the universal, eternal self, of which each individual soul (jiva or jiva-atman) partakes. The jiva-atman is also eternal but is imprisoned in an earthly body at birth. The Muslim concept, like the Christian, holds that the soul comes into existence at the same time as the body; Purusha is more narrowly focused on the distinction between the observer and the observed, while Atman is more broadly focused on the identity between the individual self and ultimate reality. However, both concepts ultimately point towards the same realization of liberation and recognizing the ultimate truth. Soul cannot exist without atma whereas atma does not need a soul to exist. Since atma is a miniscule form of mine, it is self illuminating. The miniscule form of mine that exists in your body is called jiva atma. This is so because this gives light only to a particular jiva. My absolute form is called para atma or paramatma. This very clearly shows that, there is no end to an 'atma' (Divine soul) and only body dies and not the 'atma' (Divine soul) as per the great Bhagavad Gita (Hinduism). Let us consider another shloka from Bhagavad Gita: REPLY: Let us discuss in detail about Athma (Soul) and Paramathma (Supersoul) in this Post. After reading, you can understand how the mayavadic concept of "Athma (Soul) and Paramathma (Supersoul) are the same" is baseless and false. Jainism believes that souls (atmas) are distinguishable by their form as well as size and possess materiality. Some souls are extremely minute and may live in clusters while some, which reside in large animals such as elephants are much larger. .

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