Param Atma (परम आत्मा) or Parmatma (परमात्मा) refers to the Collective Conciousness, the Universal Soul. Param means universal, ultimate, absolute, or supreme. Atma or Atman means soul or spirit. yatah sarvani bhutani pratibhanti sthitani ca yatrai ‘vo ‘pashamam yanti tasmai satyatmane namah Salutations to that reality in which all the elements and all animate and inanimate biengs shine as if they have an independent existence, and in which they exist for a time and into which they all merge jnata jnanam tatha jneyam drasta darsana drsyabhuh karta hetuh kriya yasmat tasmai jnaptyatmane namah