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Robert Leckie

United states marine / author (1920-2001).

Born December 18th, 1920 in Philadelphia.

Died December 24th, 2001 at 81 years old in Philadelphia (Alzheimer's disease).

Occupations
historian, journalist, writer

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