Uttamā

Four or five times I left my dwelling. I had failed to find peace of heart, or any control over my mind. 

I approached a nun in whom I had faith. She taught me the Dhamma: the aggregates, sense fields, and elements. 

When I had heard her teaching, in accordance with her instructions, I sat cross-legged for seven days without moving, given over to rapture and bliss. 

On the eighth day I stretched out my feet, having shattered the mass of darkness.