Yes, Bhante also said that it’s almost impossible for an average human to truly know what it feels like to have no desire for anything. The majority of humans are frightened by the idea of losing their desires. To have a better idea, one must be at least a sotāpanna!
- To make sure I understand. Suppose a restaurant distributes rotten food to 5 people. The first person is an average human, the second is a sotāpanna, the third is a sakadāgāmi, the fourth is an anagami and the last is an arahant. The average human will generate disgust and anger(Dosa). He may even want to attack the restaurant owner physically or verbally. He may even try to close the restaurant by suing them. The Sotāpanna and the Sakadāgāmi will be disgusted and may generate mental aversion (Patigha), but they will not want to attack the restaurant owner or the restaurant. The anagami and the arahant will just tell themselves that it is not appropriate to eat rotten food because it is disgusting for the human body, but they will not generate the slightest trace of aversion(Patigha) and will always be in the 4 Brahmas viharas (Metta, Karuna, Mudita and Uppekha).