##### (2022-02-21) Personal experience of Dhamma - Sotapanna and beyond - https://youtu.be/wDii7xAHXok - @@ Vilas gave a **fantastic, comprehensive** comparison on **[[Yoga]]** v.s. **[[Vedanta]]** (nondual) v.s. **Buddha** teachings, as follows: | Teaching | Beginning | Middle | End | | ----------------- | --------- | --------------- | ----------------------------- | | Yoga | Difficult | Excellent | You have to find out your way | | Vedanta (Advaita) | Excellent | Murky/Confusing | Excellent | | Buddha Dhamma | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | ^comparison - 3 colors of Vishnu (or other gods) corresponds to: - Yellow: raga - Red: dvesha - Blue: moha (ignorance, which Buddha calls vinnana) - Or, **equanimity** -- When avijja is removed. - Vilas described his experience of seeing everything as if through a ***Thermal Camera***!! - Exactly like in this YouTube video: **[What If We Had Thermal Vision?](https://youtu.be/trJd1MF5nlo)** - Where it bring complete clarity to seeing the [[Pancupadanakkhandha|5 Aggregates]] and being able to stay in total dispassion and nibbana. - Vilas was able to notice a very subtle amount of [[Kamacchanda]] came up prior to this experience, and hence it means [[Anagami]] has not been completely reached yet. - Vilas explained to #Richard about why he was able to experience Nibbana and why we cannot experience it every moment.