Nikolai Tomsky

Soviet artist and pedagogist (1900-1984).

Born December 6th, 1900. [ref]

Died November 22nd, 1984 at 83 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
designer, painter, sculptor
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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