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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov
Russian symbolist poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator.
Born February 28th, 1866 in Moscow. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1949 at 83 years old in Rome. [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