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Germaine Dieterlen
French anthropologist (1903-1999).
Born May 15th, 1903 in Valleraugue. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1999 at 96 years old in Paris. [ref]
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