{"id":50478,"date":"2011-06-14T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/?p=50478"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:13:05","slug":"h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-accepts-world-peace-prize-at-nations-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-accepts-world-peace-prize-at-nations-capitol\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"World Peace Prize Awarded at the U.S. Capitol Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 WASHINGTON, June 14, 2011 \/PRNewswire-USNewswire\/ — The World Peace Prize Ceremony is being held in the Gold Room of the Capitol of the United States today. The award presentation honors Top Honor Prize recipients H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman; and Roving Ambassador for Peace will be awarded to the Civil Air Patrol. The ceremony is attended by members of Congress and international dignitaries.<\/span><\/p>

ABOUT WORLD PEACE PRIZE<\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 World Peace Prize is an initiative to promote world peace and understanding between different nations, ethnicities, cultures and religions. The World Peace Prize is a prestigious award presented by the World Peace Corps Mission, an international Evangelical missionary organization founded by Hon.\u00a0Robert Leggett<\/span>\u00a0and Dr.\u00a0Han Min Su<\/span>. Since its establishment in 1989, the World Peace Prize has been awarded to individuals contributing to the causes of world peace by preventing regional conflicts or world war; by settling the disputes of political, diplomatic and economic matters; and by developing new inventions to minimize threats and confusions within mankind. The World Peace Prize Awarding Council operates according to the core spirit of advancing peace and justice and inter-religious collaborations. Past recipients include President\u00a0Ronald Reagan<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0the United States<\/span>, President\u00a0Abdurrahman Wahid<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0Indonesia<\/span>, and President Kuniwo Nakamura of\u00a0Palau<\/span>; amongst others.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Since its inception, World Peace Prize celebration has always been held in the recipient’s country of residence. Breaking precedence, the award presentation is being held here in the Capitol of\u00a0the United States<\/span>.<\/p>

TOP HONOR PRIZE<\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Top Honor Prize is the highest recognition presented by the World Peace Prize Awarding Council. Historically, it has been presented to eminent world leaders who are vanguards of bringing people from disparate backgrounds together, working towards the common goal of peace. Today, we are honoring H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Hon.\u00a0Benjamin A. Gilman<\/span>:<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 H.H. DORJE CHANG BUDDHA III<\/b>, recognized by the World Peace Prize Awarding Council for his selfless devotion to an immensely wide scope of healing and rescue-relief activities directed at people from different communities throughout the world. His wisdom and benevolence embrace all races, ethnicities, cultures and religions: bringing kindness, peace and equality to all. Wherever he goes, His Holiness brings unity amongst people through his own humility and compassion. His continual contributions to humanity have proven to be a living example of the benevolent spirit of Buddha, setting a model of humanitarian practices for all to emulate. His Holiness is also a distinguished artist. Through his teachings and practices, art and poetry, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has pointed out a bright path of non-violence, charity and love for humanity. His Holiness has been the recipient of numerous awards including the United States Presidential Gold Award for his outstanding contributions to arts, medicine, ethics, Buddhism and spiritual leadership, and to American society. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the first Buddhist leader to be awarded the World Peace Prize in the organization’s 20 years history.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 H<\/b>ON\u00a0BENJAMIN A. GILMAN<\/span><\/b>, recognized by the World Peace Prize Awarding Council for being a life-long champion of human rights: fighting world hunger, narcotic abuse and trafficking. He has made many successful efforts to bring about “prisoner exchanges” which resulted in freedom of American citizens in\u00a0East Germany<\/span>,\u00a0Mozambique<\/span>,\u00a0Cuba<\/span>\u00a0and several other nations. Congressman Gilman served 15 terms (30 years) in the U.S. Congress. Prior to that, he served 6 years in the\u00a0New York State<\/span>\u00a0Legislature as Assemblyman, and several years as Assistant Attorney General in the\u00a0New York State<\/span>\u00a0Department of Law. While in Congress, he has served as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and as Congressional delegate to the United Nations with title of Ambassador, and later the Ukrainian Famine Commission and Vice Chairman of the committee on POW’s. Mr. Gilman has been the recipients of numerous honors including the President’s Certificate of Outstanding Achievement “for continued, demonstrated vision, initiative, and leadership in the effort to achieve a world without hunger” and has annually received the “Peace Through Strength” Award presented by the American Security Council.<\/p>

ROVING\u00a0<\/b>AMBASSADOR<\/b>\u00a0FOR PEACE<\/b><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Roving Ambassador of Peace is awarded to individuals or group who are guardians of Peace. Today, the award is presented to the Civil Air Patrol.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 CIVIL AIR PATROL<\/b>\u00a0makes a huge impact going above and beyond to make a profound difference in America’s communities; saving lives and preserving liberty for all. Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 113 lives in fiscal year 2010. They are generally the first on the scene transmitting satellite digital images of the damage within seconds around the world and providing disaster relief and emergency services following natural and manmade disasters, including such phenomena as 9\/11, Hurricane Katrina,\u00a0Texas<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Oklahoma<\/span>\u00a0wildfires, tornadoes in the south and central U.S.,\u00a0North Dakota<\/span>\u00a0flash flooding and the\u00a0October 2006<\/span>\u00a0earthquake in\u00a0Hawaii<\/span>, as well as humanitarian missions along the U.S. and Mexican border. Civil Air Patrol has been performing missions for America for 69 years.<\/p>

SOURCE World Peace Prize Awarding Council<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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