Chilean writer, poet and professor.
Born December 20th, 1917 in Lebu.
Died April 25th, 2011 at 93 years old in Santiago (cerebrovascular disease). [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