Like all Vaishnav schools, Lord Chaitanya's acintya bhedabheda philosophy accepts the Vedas (and its respective branches) as the word of God. Gita is one of these texts. Scripture (Sabda pranam) is the proof that is used to support acintya bhedabheda. Of all the scriptures however, we accept Srimad Bhagavatam as the ultimate conclusion, being the fully ripened fruit of the Vedic tree (nigama kalpa taror amritam phalam). In the discussion of Vedanta between Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; Lord Chaitanya gives the following instructions to Sarvabhauma:



pramāṇera madhye śruti pramāṇa--pradhāna

śruti ye mukhyārtha kahe, sei se pramāṇa



"Of all standards of proof, scripture holds the ultimate authority. It is only the primary meaning of sruti which forms this proof"



jīvera asthi-viṣṭhā dui--śaṅkha-gomaya

śruti-vākye sei dui mahā-pavitra haya



"Conchshells and cow dung are nothing but the bones and the stool of some living entities, but according to the Vedic version they are both considered very pure"



svataḥ-pramāṇa veda satya yei kaya

'lakṣaṇā' karile svataḥ-prāmāṇya-hāni haya



"The Vedic statements are self-evident. Whatever is stated there must be accepted. If we interpret according to our own imagination, the authority of the Vedas is immediately lost."



yā yā śrutir jalpati nirviśeṣaṁ

sā sābhidhatte sa-viśeṣam eva

vicāra-yoge sati hanta tāsāṁ

prāyo balīyaḥ sa-viśeṣam eva"



"Whatever Vedic mantras describe the Absolute Truth impersonally only prove in the end that the Absolute Truth is a person. The Supreme Lord is understood in two features-impersonal and personal. If one considers the Supreme Personality of Godhead in both features, he can actually understand the Absolute Truth. He knows that the personal understanding is stronger because we see that everything is full of variety. No one can see anything that is not full of variety."



In the remainder of the chapter, the Lord very beautiful elaborates on the philosophy of Acintya Bhedabheda.

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