Dalai Lama receives Grammy award for spoken-word album

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The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso, won his first Grammy Award for a spoken-word album. The honor recognizes his recorded teachings and philosophical reflections, adding to the 14th Dalai Lama's decades-long influence as a global ambassador for Buddhism and nonviolence. The Grammy places him among a small group of spiritual and political figures recognized by the Recording Academy, underscoring his reach beyond traditional religious circles into mainstream Western culture.