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. TYPES OF SOULS [atma] 1) jiva-atma - the individual soul, known as the living entity 2) param-atma - the Supersoul, known as the Supreme Lord, who resides in the hearts of all living entities as the witness. Both the Supreme Lord and the living entity are known as atma. When loosely translated, the soul and the self both refer to atma or atman only. However, the Abrahamic soul and the Hindu atman are not the same as one can see from the following explanation. First, the self in Hinduism may point to an individual self (atman) as well as the supreme self (Brahman). In the body it is the lord of the body and mind. 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; 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: tkCl.

is soul and atma same