The Protection of Innocence in Buddhism
…who has no
evil intention.
PROTECTIVE INNOCENCE
The hand that has no wound, can handle any poison,
since poison cannot enter an intact unwounded hand.
Even & exactly so is the innocent protected
from al…
In this discourse, the Buddha explains that true innocence, represented by the unwounded hand, is impervious to evil, just as poison cannot affect it. Sotapannas, who harbor no intentions of harm, are