[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882) › c8.166 # Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.166 Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.166 - **Language:** English ### [c8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.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: - [Previous: c8.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.165) - [Next: c8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.167) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1882.c8.166) · Pramāṇa