# (2022-12-06) {Vilas Youtube} (2 Parts) Practice of [[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta|Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta]] ##### Part 1 - Practice of Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/ppLS4kAlYH4)) - 3 steps - Samatha - tranquility - Vipassana - investigation - [[Anupassana|Anupassanā]] - contemplation ##### Part 2 - https://youtu.be/ahBProTYPTE - (17m in) Vilas taught how to practice seeing the **[[Vinnana|Consciousness]]**, and making it **pure and bright** -- by watching as an **Observer**, eventually you feel a "different" type of feeling as though things are **expanding** and the **burden is removed** -- as though **there is nothing that you wanted, liked, disliked** -- as if they had nothing to do with you. #dhamma/practice - Start by watching that breath **as if** you're **==watching someone else's breath==**. - Also can watch the body like a **==puppet show==** -- whatever pleasurable or painful, is like a puppet show.