Overview
- The 90-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader won Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording at the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
- The spoken-word album pairs his reflections on compassion, peace and mindfulness with music, featuring sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan and his sons.
- He said he received the recognition with gratitude and described it as acknowledgment of a shared universal responsibility rather than a personal honor.
- The project topped a field that included Trevor Noah, US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Fab Morvan and Kathy Garver.
- China’s foreign ministry denounced the recognition as political manipulation, while Tibetan exile communities in Dharamshala hailed the win as validating his message.