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the World No Tobacco Day Award in 2004 from the World Health Organisation for his successful smoke-free campaign among hundreds of Buddhist temples in Thailand. He was the first Thai Buddhist monk to receive the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award from the All Gandhian Worker Society of India in 2005. He also received the Universal Peace Award from the World Buddhist Sangha Youth of Sri Lanka in 2006; the Atish Dipankar Peace Gold Award from Bangladesh Buddha Kristi Prachar Sangha in 2007; and the Telly Awards for his creative Dhamma Media Channel in 2007.