The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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So, we come to the end of these ten talks on the ten protectors.

And the final one is wisdom.

But maybe appreciating that wisdom is a way that protects us.

Maybe it's... we can think of pretty obvious ways in which it does.

We go through the world wise and with our eyes open, understanding of how to behave and how to be.

As many ways that wisdom supports us and helps us protect others.

And in this list of ten protectors, the Buddha gives a particular meaning to it.

And so, but I want to appreciate it, it's the last of the list of ten.

So, there's nine before.

And the assumption here is that we have something to protect in ourselves.

And there's worthy of protection, worthy of caring for, worthy of supporting.

And that there's a wonderful kind of...

One aspect of these ten protectors is that these ten things themselves are so wonderful

that it's worth protecting them, that somehow we're protecting the very things that protect us.

And which helps us to thrive.

We protect the very things that help us protect others.

That let us be someone who serves and cares for the world around us.

And it's safe for other people.

So, it's kind of a wonderful list.

So, and I think of them sometimes these lists and Buddhism as being progressive.

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