# (2022-09-07) {Vilas Youtube} on Sāmisa and [[Niramisa|Nirāmisa]] Sukha
Tags:: #chat-with-vilas
> [!info] Following up of earlier video:
> [[(2022-09-06) How to remove defilements or fermentation @Kilesa @Niramisa @Sampajanna]]
> [!info] Context
> - Q (by Eryu):
> - You said 2 things:
> - 1\. When you just do the **Gatha**, you'll have **Samisa piti/sukha**.
> - 2\. **ALL Jhanic bliss is Niramisa**.
> - Now, which is right?
> - Sutta: [[SN36.31 Nirāmisasutta]]
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GxoEnHkBhI
- Eryu: there is an **Attachment** to Jhana
- Vilas: No, it's **Chanda** — a **Liking** towards the jhana experiences
- Attachment = ajjhosa
- @@ Sariputta: **You have to remove chanda through chanda** ([[SN51.15 Uṇṇābhabrāhmaṇasutta]]) ^0534fe
- Simile: Meeting at a park — after the meeting happens, the chanda is removed
- **@@@@** Vilas, when you just do the **Gatha without removing the akusala** (i.e. *vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi* ...), there will be a **mix of Niramisa and Samisa piti/sukha**. ^56d8c0
- Exact percentage cannot be said
- Eryu: i guess it depends on the amount of akusala.
- niramisa = remove akusala
- Q: What is this **"nirāmisā nirāmisatarā"** in [SN36.31](https://suttacentral.net/sn36.31/en/sujato)?
- atarā = other than
- **@@** Vilas: Experience between **having and NOT having suppression (of akusala)** is **totally different!** — the **mind stops** in the latter.
- Where you are **TOTALLY equanimous** of everything.
- **@@@@** Vilas gave a great explanation on the **6 Sense vinnana** and the **1 Other vinnana** which **Watches** over them. ^73a3c5
- ![[(2022-09-06) How to remove defilements or fermentation @Kilesa @Niramisa @Sampajanna#^fd7604]]
- **@@@@** #dhamma/practice When you meditate, you are **watching** as the **Other vinnana**, where it gets **developed**. Eventually it **overwhelms** the movie cinema and you realized that **You are the Light**.
- The Other vinnana will get extinguished when the 6 vinnana have no fuel left in them.
- **@@** Vilas: **Buddha does NOT talk about** the Other consciousness since it becomes confusing, and brings back the discussion of **1) Atma and 2) Anatma — BOTH are wrong views**!
- Eryu: this is related to the "Eighth Consciousness" ([wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Consciousnesses))
- Q: Can Arahat stay in 9th jhana forever? What about when interacting with people?
- Vilas: read MN122 Mahāsuññatasutta sutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn122/en/sujato)), where he talks about how arahat interact with people.