Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7
मंत्रयोगःस्पर्शयोगो भावयोगस्तथापरः । अभावयोगस्सर्वेभ्यो महायोगः परो मतः
maṃtrayogaḥsparśayogo bhāvayogastathāparaḥ | abhāvayogassarvebhyo mahāyogaḥ paro mataḥ
မန္တရယောဂ၊ ထိတွေ့မှုအခြေပြု ယောဂ (စပရှယောဂ) နှင့် အတွင်းစိတ်အာရုံပြု ယောဂ (ဘာဝယောဂ) တို့ကိုလည်း သင်ကြား၏။ သို့ရာတွင် အားလုံးထက်လွန်သော ယောဂ—အဘ္ဟာဝယောဂ—ကို အမြင့်ဆုံး မဟာယောဂ ဟု မှတ်ယူကြ၏။
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It ranks progressive yogic approaches—mantra, inner contact, and devotional contemplation—and culminates in Abhāva-yoga, a Shaiva-oriented transcendence where the mind’s constructed states subside and one abides in the Supreme (Shiva) as the highest Mahāyoga.
Mantra-yoga and bhāva-yoga naturally align with Saguna worship—japa, pūjā, and loving contemplation of Shiva in the Linga—while Abhāva-yoga points to the culmination where worship ripens into stillness and direct orientation to Shiva beyond form, without rejecting the Linga as the sacred support.
Begin with mantra-japa (especially Shiva-mantras) joined to steady bhāva (devotional contemplation), then refine meditation toward quieting mental movements—resting in Shiva-centered awareness where reactive thought-forms diminish (the drift toward Abhāva-yoga).