Svyatoslav Fyodorov

Russian physician (1927-2000).

Born August 8th, 1927 in Khmelnytskyi.

Died June 2nd, 2000 at 72 years old in Moscow (aircraft crash).

Occupations
non-fiction writer, ophthalmologist, politician, surgeon, university teacher

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