| Award / Conferring Organization |
Country |
Year |
|---|
Poet Laureate
World Academy of Arts and Culture
|
India |
1981 |
Honorable Friend of the Bodleian Library for Life
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
|
UK |
1989 |
Honorary Chairman
Kenya Oral Literature Association
|
Kenya |
1990 |
1992 National Book Award
National Book Development Council
|
Malaysia |
1993 |
Non-resident Membership and Machado de Assis Medal
Brazilian Academy of Letters
|
Brazil |
1993 |
Noble Patron of the Arts
Pan-African Writers Association
|
Ghana |
1993 |
International Leo Tolstoy Gold Medal
International Association of Children's Funds
|
Russia |
1995 |
World Poet Laureate Award
World Poetry Society |
India |
1995 |
Honorary Advisor
Society for the Study of Oriental Culture and Peking University
Institute of Oriental Culture |
China |
1997 |
Tagore Peace Award
India's Asiatic Society |
India |
1997 |
|
| Certificate of Commendation
New Art of Living—Discourses on Life, Health,
Biomedical Ethics, and Education
University of Montreal Press |
Canada |
2001 |
NAPRA Nautilus Awards, winner, "social change" category
(Networking Alternatives for Publishers, Retailers, & Artists, Inc.)
|
USA |
2002 |
| 2001 Book of the Year Award, silver, "politics" category
For the Sake of Peace--Seven Paths to Global Harmony:
A Buddhist Perspective
ForeWord Magazine |
USA |
2002
|
| 2002 Book of the Year Award, silver, "political science" category
Choose Hope: Your Role in Waging Peace in the Nuclear Age
ForeWord Magazine |
USA |
2003 |
International Literary Award for Understanding and Friendship
Chinese Writers Association and the Chinese Literature Foundation
|
China |
2003 |
| 2003 Book of the Year Award, silver, "health" category
On Being Human: Where Ethics, Medicine, and Spirituality Converge
ForeWord Magazine
|
USA |
2004 |
Honorary Diploma
International Society of Greek Writers and Arts |
Greece |
2005 |
World People's Poet
World Poetry Society Intercontinental |
India |
2007 |
Honorary General Director
World Literary Association |
Republic of Korea |
2008 |
| Indie Book Award for Religious Non-fiction
The Flower of Chinese Buddhism
The Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group
|
USA |
2010 |
Special Member
The Camarajibense Academy of Letters |
Brazil |
2010 |
World Peace Poet Award
World Poetry Society Intercontinental |
India |
2010 |
Special Commendation
Korea Pen, a chapter of PEN International |
Republic of Korea |
2012 |
Altan Od, prize for poetry
Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry |
Mongolia |
2012 |
| Society of Professors of Education Book Award
America Will Be! Conversations on Hope,
Freedom, and Democracy
Society of Professors of Education |
USA |
2014 |
Peace and Culture Award
José Pagés Llergo Foundation |
Mexico |
2015 |
| 2015 Critics Choice Book Award
Living as Learning: John Dewey in the 21st Century
American Educational Studies Association (AESA)
|
USA |
2015 |
