The main reason spain wanted to colonize the americas was to

The main reason according them was to spread Christianity. This was the goal that they emphasized  very strongly.

It has been said there were actually three major reasons summarized as "Gold, God and Glory "

Gold meant that one goal of Spanish colonization was to find gold or otherwise get economic benefit from the colonies.

God meant  a goal to spread Christianity.

Glory meant a goal that both individual  explorers and their country of origin wanted to gain glory and power. 

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atman means 'eternal self'. the atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. it is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our existence.

there are many interesting perspectives on the self in hinduism ranging from the self as eternal servant of god to the self as being identified with god. the understanding of the self as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation in that the same eternal being can inhabit temporary bodies.

the idea of atman entails the idea of the self as a spiritual rather than material being and thus there is a strong dimension of hinduism which emphasises detachment from the material world and promotes practices such as asceticism. thus it could be said that in this world, a spiritual being, the atman, has a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience.

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