Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.166

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c8.166

Human attacks have no power against Buddha: but the raging of the elements is also unable to disturb the abiding peaceful repose which is his. Storms arise; for seven continuous days rain falls in torrents; cold, tempest, and darkness surround him. Mucalinda, the serpent-king, comes from his hidden realm, enfolds Buddha’s body in a sevenfold covering with his serpent coils, and protects him from the storm. “And after seven days, when the serpent-king, Mucalinda, saw that the sky had become clear and cloudless, he loosed his coils from the body of the Exalted, concealed his serpent form, assumed the guise of a young man, and stepped before the Exalted One, worshipping him with folded hands. Seeing this, the Exalted One at this time spoke these words:

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