14th Dalai Lama

=== Awards and honours ===
[[File:Dalai Lama Congressional Medal.jpg|thumb|The [[Congressional Gold Medal]] was awarded to Tenzin Gyatso in 2007]]
[[File:Bush, Byrd and Pelosi awarding the Dalai Lama.jpg|thumb|The Dalai Lama receiving a [[Congressional Gold Medal]] in 2007. ''From left'': Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [[Nancy Pelosi]], Senate President ''pro tempore'' [[Robert Byrd]] and U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]]]

The Dalai Lama has received numerous awards and honours worldwide over his spiritual and political career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Award & Honors 1957–1999 |url=https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/events-and-awards/major-awards-and-honorary-conferments/award-honors-1957-1999 |website=dalailama.com |publisher=Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427154933/https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/events-and-awards/major-awards-and-honorary-conferments/award-honors-1957-1999 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Awards & Honors 2000 – present |url=https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/events-and-awards/major-awards-and-honorary-conferments |website=dalailama.com |publisher=Office of His Holiness the Dala Lama |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416160009/https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/events-and-awards/major-awards-and-honorary-conferments |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tibet.com/DL/awards.html |title=List of awards |publisher=Replay.waybackmachine.org |access-date=17 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090327172930/http://www.tibet.com/DL/awards.html |archive-date=27 March 2009 }}</ref> For a more complete list see [[Awards and honours presented to the 14th Dalai Lama]].

After the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]], the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]] awarded him the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.<ref name="Cherian">{{cite news |url = http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2722/stories/20101105272202800.htm |title=Not so noble |first=John |last=Cherian |publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |volume=27 |issue=23 |date=November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120910140258/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2722/stories/20101105272202800.htm |archive-date=10 September 2012 }}</ref> The Committee officially gave the prize to the Dalai Lama for "the struggle of the liberation of Tibet and the efforts for a peaceful resolution"<ref>{{cite web |url = http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1989/presentation-speech.html |title = Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee |publisher = Nobelprize.org |access-date = 2 May 2010 |archive-date = 6 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080906163726/http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1989/presentation-speech.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and "in part a tribute to the memory of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/gandhi/ |title = Mahatma Gandhi, the Missing Laureate |publisher = Nobelprize.org |access-date = 12 March 2014 |archive-date = 30 May 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130530232214/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/gandhi/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

He has also been awarded the:
* 1959 [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Community Leadership;<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationDalaiLam.htm |title = 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership – Dalai Lama |website=Replay.waybackmachine.org |date=5 January 2009 |access-date=17 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090105224323/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationDalaiLam.htm |archive-date=5 January 2009 }}</ref>
* 1994 [[Four Freedoms Award#Freedom Medal|Freedom Medal]] from the [[Roosevelt Institute]];<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |title=Four Freedoms Awards |publisher=Roosevelt Institute |access-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223647/http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |archive-date=25 March 2015 }}</ref>
* 2005 [[Christmas Humphreys]] Award from the [[Buddhist Society]] in the United Kingdom;
* 2007 [[Congressional Gold Medal]], the highest civilian award bestowed by the American Congress and President.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/washington/18lama.html?_r=0 |title = Bush and Congress Honor Dalai Lama |work = The New York Times |date = 18 October 2007 |access-date = 9 January 2013 |first = Brian |last = Knowlton |archive-date = 14 May 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130514174619/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/washington/18lama.html?_r=0 |url-status = live }}</ref> The Chinese government declared this would have "an extremely serious impact" on relations with the United States;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Clyde |title=A Hubbub Over a Visit by the Dalai Lama? Not in New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/nyregion/19nyc.html |access-date=2 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=19 October 2007 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402134531/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/nyregion/19nyc.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2006 [[:ru:Орден Белого лотоса|Order of the White Lotus]] by the [[Republic of Kalmykia]] for outstanding services and significant contribution to the spiritual revival and prosperity of the republic.<ref name="savetibet.ru-2021">{{Cite web|title = Его Святейшеству Далай-ламе присвоен Орден Республики Тыва|url = http://savetibet.ru/2012/02/03/dalai-lama.html|website = savetibet.ru|access-date = 30 October 2021|archive-date = 31 October 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211031062339/http://savetibet.ru/2012/02/03/dalai-lama.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
* 2007 [[Ahimsa Award]] from the Institute of Jainology in recognition of individuals who embody and promote the principles of [[Ahimsa|Ahimsa (Non-violence)]]; and in
*2012, [[:ru:Орден Республики Тыва|Order of the Republic of Tuva]] by the [[Tuvan Republic]] in recognition of the contribution to the upbringing of high spiritual and cultural tolerance, strengthening interreligious and interethnic harmony.<ref name="savetibet.ru-2021" />
* 2012, the [[Templeton Prize]].<ref>{{cite news |title = Dalai Lama Wins 2012 Templeton Prize |url = http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=375500002 |access-date = 30 March 2012 |newspaper = Philanthropy News Daily |date = 30 March 2012 |archive-date = 23 May 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130523192906/http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=375500002 |url-status = live }}</ref> He donated the prize money to the charity [[Save the Children]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dalai-lama-gives-templeton-prize-money-to-indian-charity/949181/ |title = Dalai Lama gives Templeton Prize money to Indian charity |date = 14 May 2010 |access-date = 15 May 2012 |archive-date = 14 November 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121114054424/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dalai-lama-gives-templeton-prize-money-to-indian-charity/949181/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2006, he became one of only six people ever to be granted [[Honorary Citizenship of Canada]].  In 2007 he was named Presidential [[Distinguished Professor]] at [[Emory University]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], the first time he accepted a university appointment.<ref name="emory">{{cite web |url=http://news.emory.edu/Releases/DalaiLama1170686715.html |title=Dalai Lama named Emory distinguished professor |publisher=News.emory.edu |access-date=2 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081005190343/http://news.emory.edu/Releases/DalaiLama1170686715.html |archive-date=5 October 2008 }}</ref> He is the chief Patron of the [[Maha Bodhi Society]] of India, conferred upon him at the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Maha Bodhi Society of India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 September 2008|first=Ratnottama|last=Sengupta|title=Now, Hindus can't head Mahabodhi Society|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/now-hindus-cant-head-mahabodhi-society/articleshow/3535612.cms|access-date=16 February 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626164533/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/now-hindus-cant-head-mahabodhi-society/articleshow/3535612.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>