{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/snp/snp2-4.htm","path":"bud/snp/snp2-4.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/snp/snp2-4.htm","text":"Note: This sutta also appears at Khp 5.\nMany devas and humans beings\ngive thought to protection,\ndesiring well-being.\nTell, then, the highest protection.\nNot consorting with fools,\nconsorting with the wise,\npaying homage to those worthy of homage:\nThis is the highest protection.\nLiving in a civilized land,\nhaving made merit in the past,\ndirecting oneself rightly:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nBroad knowledge, skill,\nwell-mastered discipline,\nwell-spoken words :\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nSupport for one's parents,\nassistance to one's wife and children,\nconsistency in one's work:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nGenerosity, living in rectitude,\nassistance to one's relatives,\ndeeds that are blameless:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nAvoiding, abstaining from evil;\nrefraining from intoxicants,\nbeing heedful of the qualities of the mind:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nRespect, humility,\ncontentment, gratitude,\nhearing the Dhamma on timely occasions:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nPatience, composure,\nseeing contemplatives,\ndiscussing the Dhamma on timely occasions:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nAusterity, celibacy,\nseeing the Noble Truths,\nrealizing Unbinding:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nA mind that, when touched\nby the ways of the world,\nis unshaken, sorrowless, dustless, at rest:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the highest protection.\nEverywhere undefeated\nwhen acting in this way,\npeople go everywhere in well-being:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is their highest protection.","title":"Sn II.4: Mahamangala Sutta","type":"page"}