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entities, giving them memory and forgetfulness. The individual souls are  ātman . The principal  ātman , who controls them all, is Supersoul,  Paramātman .
Param Brahman —The Supreme Spirit.  Param Brahman  is as much a Person as the individual living entities. As each individual is constitutionally a minute spirit soul, so He is the Supreme Soul, full in  Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha . Minute  Brahman  spirit souls exist for the Pleasure of  Param Brahman .
Paramparā —Line of discipline succession. Only from a bona fide spiritual master in the authorized, unbroken chain of discipline succession, coming down from Kṛṣṇa, can the Vedic knowledge be realized.
Parā Prakṛti —The superior spiritual energy of the Lord—the living beings belong to the  Parā Prakṛti , but are under the proprietary right of the Supreme Being; due to contact with material nature, the living entities' higher nature is suspended, under the influence of the material modes of goodness, passion and ignorance.
Parā Śakti —Superior energy different from this material inferior Nature. Superior energy is eternal and deathless—this is the original nature of all the living entities. Also  Parā Prakṛti .
Paribhū —Description of Godhead. The greatest of all; no one is greater than He.
Prahlād Mahārāj —The boy devotee who was saved from his demoniac father Hiraṇyakaśipu by Lord Nṛsiṁha, half-lion, half-man incarnation of Kṛṣṇa.
Prāṇa Vāyu —Movements of different kinds of air within the body. The  yogis  study to control these airs and move the soul, which is supposed to rise from one circle of air to another.
Prasādam —Mercy of God. Food offered to the Lord and distributed by the devotee as Divine remnants. In the  Bhagavadgītā  the Lord says that He accepts fruits, vegetables,