Uttamātherīgāthā

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Vimānavatthu · Petavatthu · Theragāthā · Therīgāthā · Vol. 26 · Section 431

[431] 2. Four times, five times I went out from my dwelling (vihāra), not having obtained peace of mind, having no mastery over the mind (citta). I approached a bhikkhunī, one who was worthy of my trust; she taught me the Dhamma — the aggregates (khandha), the sense bases (āyatana), and the elements (dhātu). Having heard her Dhamma, just as she instructed me, for seven days I sat in a single cross-legged posture, suffused with rapture (pīti) and happiness. On the eighth day I stretched forth my feet, having shattered the mass of darkness. Uttamā.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.