is is the highest protection. Austerity, celibacy, seeing the noble truths, realizing unbinding: This is the highest protection. A mind that, when touched by the ways of the world,3 is unshaken, sorrowless, dustless, at rest: This is the highest protection. When acting in this way, everywhere undefeated, people go everywhere in well-being: This is their highest protection." vv. 258–269 Notes 1. These are three of the four "wheels" leading to wealth and prosperity. See AN 4:31. 2. See AN 2:31–32. 3. Ways of the world (lokadhamma): gain, loss, status, loss of status, praise, criticism, pleasure, pain. See AN 8:6 and AN 4:192. See also: SN 3:5; AN 3:110; AN 4:128; AN 10:17 - --> - - - -