Atman

Question 1

Influences

Answer 1

Promotes respect for all living beings - everyone has an atman

Encourages spiritual self-realisation - they believe the soul is eternal, so they seek to understand it through Yogas

Question 2

Teachings

Answer 2

Atman is eternal and indestructable “The atman is neither born, nor does it die”

Atman is part of Brahman - atman comes from brahman “The Self is Brahman”