achintya-bhed-abheda | अचिन्त्य-भेद-अभेद
achintya-bhed-abheda (Devanagari: अचिन्त्य-भेद-अभेद; ISO 15919: acintya-bhēda-abhēda) is the philosophy that describes the inconceivable simultaneous oneness and difference between God, jiva and Maya.
📜 Philosophical Context
This theology holds that the relationship between the Lord and His energies (including the world and the individual soul) is simultaneously:
- Bheda (Difference)
- Abheda (Non-Difference or Oneness)
- Achintya (Inconceivable, or beyond human reason)
This philosophy was propagated by Gauranga Mahaprabhu (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu).
Also written as achintyabhedabhed