List of awards and honours received by the 14th Dalai Lama

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The 14th Dalai Lama has received numerous awards over his spiritual and political career.[1][2] He was a laureate for community leadership in 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia's version of Nobel Prize.[3] On 22 June 2006, he became the third person to be recognised with Honorary Citizenship by the Governor General of Canada. On 28 May 2005, he received the Christmas Humphreys Award from the Buddhist Society in the United Kingdom. Most notable was the Nobel Peace Prize, presented in Oslo on 10 December 1989.

The Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Dalai Lama in 2005

Notable awards and honors

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HonorFieldPlaceDateRef
Grammy Award Audio book, narration and storytelling recording for Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Los Angeles, California 1-2-2026 [4]
Gold Mercury International AwardPeace and SustainabilityDharamsala13-03-2025

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Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award 04-03-2019 [6]
Liberty Medal Philadelphia 26-10-2015 [7]
Honorary MembershipNeuroscienceNu Rho Psi03-02-2014
Honorary DoctorateHumane LettersMacalester College03-02-2014[8]
Honorary DoctorateHumane LettersUniversity of Maryland, College Park05-07-2013
Templeton PrizeReligion-relatedSt Paul's Cathedral14-05-2012[9]
Order of the Republic of Tuva 01-02-2012 [10]
Honorary DoctorateHumane LettersUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities08-05-2011
Honorary DoctorateOriental studiesUniversity of Tartu18-08-2011[11]
Honorary DoctorateUniversity of Arkansas11-05-2011
Honorary DoctorateDoctor of Humane LettersSouthern Methodist University09-05-2011[12]
Honorary DoctorateLawsMiami University21-10-2010[13]
International Freedom Conductor AwardCincinnati, Ohio20-10-2010[14]
Lantos Human Rights Prize06-10-2009[15]
Honorary DoctorateUniversity of Calgary2009[16]
Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship AwardPrague2009[17]
Honorary citizenshipMemphis, Tennessee23-09-2009[18]
Ján Langoš Human Rights awardBratislava, Slovakia09-09-2009[19]
Honorary citizenshipParis07-06-2009
German Media Prize Berlin10-02-2009[20]
Honorary citizenshipItaly in Venice10-02-2009[20]
Honorary citizenshipRome09-02-2009[21]
Honorary DoctorateJagiellonian University08-12-2008[22]
Honorary DegreeLehigh University13-07-2008
Honorary citizenshipWrocław24-06-2008 (voted)[23]
Honorary DoctoratePhilosophyLondon Metropolitan University21-05-2008[24]
Honorary citizenshipParis21-04-2008 (voted)
(same day as Hu Jia)		[25][26]
Honorary DoctorateHumane LetterUniversity of Washington01-04-2008
Inaugural Hofstra University Guru Nanak Interfaith PrizeHofstra University, NYC24-03-2008[27]
Ahimsa AwardFor personifying the principle of AhimsaInstitute of Jainology, London08-10-2007[28]
Honorary Doctoratechemistry and pharmacyUniversity of Münster20-09-2007
Honorary DoctorateSouthern Cross University08-06-2007
Presidential Distinguished ProfessorshipEmory University05-02-2007[29]
Order of the White Lotus 10-12-2006 [10]
Honorary DoctorateHumane LettersState University of New York at Buffalo01-09-2006
Honorary citizenship of Canada28-06-2005
Honorary citizenshipUkraineMc Leod Ganj, Ukraine09-12-2006
(anniversary of his Nobel Prize)
United States Congressional Gold Medal27-09-2006[30]
Key to New York CityMayor Bloomberg25-09-2005
Honorary DoctorateHumane LettersRutgers University25-09-2005[31]
Hessian Peace Prize27-07-2005[32]
Honorary DoctorateHumane LettersNova Southeastern University18-09-2004[33]
Honorary DoctoratePhilosophyUniversity of Tartu, Estonia27-05-2005[34]
Honorary DoctorateDoctor of LawsUniversity of Toronto29-04-2004[35]
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Laws Simon Fraser University 20-04-2004
Honorary DoctorateDoctor of LawsUniversity of British Columbia19-04-2004
Honorary FellowshipLiverpool John Moores University27-05-2004
Jaime Brunet Prize for Human Rights09-10-2003
International League for Human Rights Award19-09-2003
Honorary DoctorateUniversity of San Francisco05-09-2003[36]
Honorary DoctorateLusíada University of Porto, Portugal26-11-2001[37][38]
Life Achievement AwardHadassah Women's Zionist Organization24-11-1999
Honorary citizenshipPalermo (Italy)17-05-1996
Four Freedoms AwardFranklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute04-06-1994
World Security Annual Peace AwardLawyers Alliance for World Security27-04-1994
Berkeley MedalUniversity of California, Berkeley,20-04-1994
Wallenberg MedalUniversity of Michigan12-04-1994[39]
Honorary DoctorateDoctor of Humane LettersBerea College1994[40]
Honorary DoctorateLegum DoctorUniversity of St Andrews1993[41]
Nobel Peace Prize-October 6, 1989
Peace and Unity AwardsNational Peace conference23-08-1991
Earth PrizeUnited Earth and U.N. Environmental Program05-06-1991
Advancing Human LibertyFreedom House17-04-1991
Le Prix de la MemoireFondation Danielle Mitterrand04-12-1989
Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Award
(or Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Human Rights Award)		Congressional Human Rights Caucus21-07-1989
Key to Los AngelesMayor BradleySeptember 1979
Key to San FranciscoMayor Feinstein27-09-1979
Honorary Doctorate Doctor of Humane Letters Tulane University 18-05-2013
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Nobel Peace Prize

On 10 December 1989 the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.[42] The committee recognized his efforts in "the struggle of the liberation of Tibet and the efforts for a peaceful resolution instead of using violence."[43] The chairman of the Nobel committee said that the award was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi." In his acceptance speech the Dalai Lama criticised China for using force against student protesters during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He said the victims' efforts were not in vain. His speech focused on the importance of the continued use of non-violence and his desire to maintain a dialogue with China to try to resolve the situation.[44]

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