The belief is that the atman of each of us may also hold a 'spark' of Brahman. For many Hindus, Brahman is present in the lives of all living things. The traditional Hindu greeting 'Namaste ...

The Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad (a sacred Hindu ... to that atman. — Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad Many Hindus believe that through experience and meditation they can gain knowledge of Brahman.

At the heart of Shankaracharya’s philosophy is the concept of ... non-dual nature of Brahman—the ultimate, formless reality—and teaches that the individual soul (Atman) is not separate ...