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Yasuko Namba
Japanese mountain climber.
Born February 2nd, 1949 in Tokyo.
Died May 11th, 1996 at 47 years old in Mount Everest.
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