Indian bengali filmmaker and script writer.
Born November 4th, 1925 in Dhaka. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1976 at 50 years old in Kolkata (tuberculosis). [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