Tibetan Buddhist lama Geshe Tashi Tsering has been recognized on the Queen of England’s Birthday 2019 Honours List.
Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm named Member of the Order of Australia for work on gender equality
Ajahn Brahm performed the first Theravada nun ordination in Australia and the first in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Eve Ensler on Nobel Peace Prize Winner Denis Mukwege
“He moved me to my core,” said the playwright about the Peace Prize Laureate in this 2014 conversation with bell hooks.
How Buddhists Helped ICAN Win the Nobel Peace Prize
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons logo. Via ICAN on Facebook.The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, partnered with Soka Gakkai International, was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Three Burmese monks receive World Harmony Awards
Photo via Burma Muslims on Facebook.The Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions reports that Burmese Buddhist leaders were last week awarded World Harmony Awards
Dalai Lama congratulates Satyarthi and Malala on Nobel Peace Prize
The Dalai Lama congratulated both Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi on their jointly-awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
Nobel meeting cancelled after Dalai Lama blocked from attending
There will be no Nobel Peace Prize winners in South Africa this month.
The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, which was supposed to happen in Cape Town, has been cancelled after the South African government refused a visa to the Dalai Lama.
Campaign strives to nominate Thich Nhat Hanh for Nobel Peace Prize
Forty-five years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the team behind Peace is the Way Films and Peace Comics is trying to fulfill one of King’s dreams: for his friend Thich Nhat Hanh to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Dalai Lama to donate Templeton Prize money to charity
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has announced that he will donate his £1.1 million ($1.1 million) Templeton Prize to charities.
Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was announced as the recipient of the 2012 Templeton Prize this morning.