Buddha Shākyamuni – Awake with all sentient beings
Upon seeing the morning star, Buddha Shākyamuni awakened and said, “I awakened together with the great Earth and all sentient beings.” A Zen version of the life of Buddha Shākyamuni Buddha Shākyamuni belonged to the Sakya clan, at the foot of the Himalayas. At the age of nineteen, he escaped by leaping over the palace…