Rev. Danny Fisher

Via Go Beyond Words: Wisdom Publications’ Buddhist Blog: The Venerable Lama Pema Wandak, director of the Palden Sakya Centers and the Vikramasila Foundation, was recently chosen by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) to receive an Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

He is the first Tibetan to receive this award, which ranks among this country’s most prestigious and is officially recognized by both the US Senate and the US House of Representatives.