...only searched for six years, and he only sat under the tree for a short period of time. From what he told his disciples he didn't spend much time sulking or feeling miserable. He was a pragmatic thinker who tried one thing after another without success, learned to meditate, quit listening to teachers, sat down under a pipul tree, went into samadhi, and after a day or two looked up at the planet Venus at dawn and suddenly got the whole shebang in one big blast. At that time he reportedly said to himself in amazement, "Wonder of wonders, in all the universe I am the only one."
