Magsaysay Awardees Digital Collection

Dalai Lama

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1959 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership from Tibet. His Holiness the Dalai Lama (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso) is the 14th and current Dalai Lama who is well known for his lifelong advocacy for Tibetans inside and outside Tibet. During the 1959 Tibetan uprising, which China regards as an uprising of feudal landlords, the Dalai Lama, who regards the uprising as an expression of widespread discontent, fled to India, where he denounced the People's Republic and established a Tibetan government in exile. He set up the Government of Tibet in Exile in Dharamsala, India. An influential speaker, he has since traveled the world, advocating for the welfare of Tibetans, teaching Tibetan Buddhism and talking about the importance of compassion as the source of a happy life.

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Citation of Dalai Lama as Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership

In electing His Holiness, the Dalai Lama to receive the 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, the Board of Trustees recognizes his leadership of the Tibetan community's gallant struggle in defense of the sacred religion that is the…

His Holiness, the Dalai Lama's acceptance speech, delivered by his elder brother Gyalo Thondup, at the Ramon Magsaysay Award Presentation Ceremony held in Manila on 31 August 1959.

Official biography, in relation to his 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, of H.H. Dalai Lama.

An article entitled "A Conversation with the Dalai Lama: Interview" by Alex Perry for Time magazine on 25 OCtober 2004.

An undated article entitled "After the Dalai Lama: His Absence May Open the Door for the Democracy Tibetans Deserve" written by Jamyang Norbu.

An article entitled "Dalai Lama: Teaching Us to Be Neighbors" written by Pico Iyer for Time magazine published on 26 April 2004.

An article entitled "Dalai Lama cautious in new China contact" published in Impact in their March 2001 issue.

A news article entitled "Dalai Lama to teach leadership at IIM - A" written by Prashant Nanda published at http://www.earthtimes.org on 20 December 2007.

An article entitled "Tibet: Few Options for the Dalai Lama" written by Matthew Pistono for Seeds of Peace (vol. 25; no. 1).

A brief article entitled "Full state honours" dealt with the story on the Dalai Lama's receiving the US Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. It was published in Himal Southasian in their October to November 2007 issue.