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Patriarch Benjamin I of Constantinople

266th ecumenical patriarch of constantinople.

Born January 18th, 1871 in Zeytinli.

Died February 17th, 1946 at 75 years old in Istanbul.

Occupations
cleric, non-fiction writer, theologian

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