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Here when Paramatama (परमात्मा) is addressed as Atman (आत्मन्), a confusion arises with regards to whether the discussion is about a living being or the supreme consciousness?  

Here when Paramatama (परमात्मा) is addressed as Atman (आत्मन्), a confusion arises with regards to whether the discussion is about a living being or the supreme consciousness?  

'''Brahma sutras''', by Vedavyasa, (1-4-19 sutras) explain this as  vakyanvayata (वाक्यन्वयत).  "The word atma here has to be seen here as Paramatama (परमात्मा)".  

Brahma sutras, by Vedavyasa, (1-4-19 sutras) explain this as  vakyanvayata (वाक्यन्वयत).  "The word atma here has to be seen here as Paramatama (परमात्मा)".  

== Nature of Atma ==

== आत्मतत्वम् ॥ Nature of Atma ==

Different upanishads portray different aspects of the Atma that<ref name=":0">Swami Madhavananda author of A Bird's-Eye View of the Upanishads (1958) ''The Cultural Heritage of India, Volume 1 : The Early Phases (Prehistoric, Vedic and Upanishadic, Jaina and Buddhist).'' Calcutta : The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. (Pages 345-365)</ref>   

Different upanishads portray different aspects of the Atma that<ref name=":0">Swami Madhavananda author of A Bird's-Eye View of the Upanishads (1958) ''The Cultural Heritage of India, Volume 1 : The Early Phases (Prehistoric, Vedic and Upanishadic, Jaina and Buddhist).'' Calcutta : The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. (Pages 345-365)</ref>   

* Atma is unchanged and independent of body (Sharira); only it manifests itself more and more through these bodies.   

* Atma is unchanged and independent of body (Sharira); only it manifests itself more and more through these bodies.   

* It is said to have three states having attributes - waking (in which it experiences the outside world), dream (it experiences the inner world of mind) and deep sleep (a blissful state)   

* It is said to have three states having attributes - waking (in which it experiences the outside world), dream (it experiences the inner world of mind) and deep sleep (a blissful state)   

* It is in reality ominipotent, onmipresent in the fourth state (turiya) when it is described as essentially identical with the Brahman (the unmanifested)   

* It is in reality ominipotent, onmipresent in the fourth state (turiya) when it is described as essentially identical with the Brahman (the unmanifested)   

That Brahman in its form as Hiranyagarbha (the conditioned form) presides all over the deities, who are none other that Its manifestations, are described in the Kenopanishad.

That Brahman in its form as Hiranyagarbha (the conditioned form) presides all over the deities, who are none other that Its manifestations, are described in the Kenopanishad.