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Adriaan Roland Holst
Dutch writer.
Born May 23rd, 1888 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1976 at 88 years old in Bergen.
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche