Dalai Lama, PhD Biography
- Title:
- 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Head of State and spiritual leader
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“In the event a person is definitely going to die and he is either in great pain or has virtually become a vegetable, and prolonging his existence is only going to cause difficulties and suffering for others, the termination of his life may be permitted according to Mahayana Buddhist ethics.”
Dalai Lama in a letter to Asiaweek, 1985
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- 14th Dalai Lama, Head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet (in exile since 1959)
- Order of the White Lotus, Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation, Kalmykia, Dec. 10, 2006
- Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Rome 3, Rome, Italy, October 14, 2006
- Honorary Citizenship, Canada, Sep. 9, 2006
- Inspiration & Compassion Award, American Himalayan Foundation, San Francisco, U.S.A., Nov. 6, 2005
- Human Right Award, International League for Human Rights, New York, U.S.A., Sep. 19, 2003
- Peace Award 2000, UN Association of Australia, Australia, May 21, 2002
- Life Time Achievement Award, Hadassah Women’s Zionist, Israel, Nov. 24, 1999
- Boddhi Award, American Buddhist Congress, U.S.A., October 12, 1999
- Doctor of International Diplomatic Science, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, Sep. 11, 1997
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Freedom Medal, Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, U.S.A., June 4, 1994
- International Valiant for Freedom Award, The Freedom Coalition, Melbourne, Australia, Mar. 14, 1993
- Peace and Unity Award, National Peace Conference, Delhi, India, Aug. 23, 1991
- Laureate, Nobel Peace Prize, 1989
- Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award, Human Behavior Award, U.S.A., Sep. 28, 1987
- Education:
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- PhD, Geshe Lharampa Degree (Doctorate of Buddhist Philosophy), 1949
- Other:
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- Since 1959 The Dalai Lama has received over 84 awards, honorary doctorates, prizes, etc., in recognition of his message of peace, non-violence, inter-religious understanding, universal responsibility and compassion
- Authored more than 72 books
- Describes himself as “a simple Buddhist monk”