Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, has already apologized for kissing a boy on the lips and asking him to “suck his tongue” during a public event in India in late February. The video went viral on social media and caused a lot of controversy.
In accordance with The keeper, Tenzin Gyatso met at the Temple of the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala with about 100 young students who had just graduated from the M3M Indian Foundation.
In a video that went viral, one of the young students asked the Dalai Lama if he could hug him. The spiritual leader asked him to come up to the platform and asked the boy to kiss his face. “The first one is here,” he said.
“Here too,” he asked. The boy kissed him on the lips, and then the Dalai Lama said, “And suck my tongue,” he said, sticking out his tongue. The boy stuck out his tongue and left, and the Dalai Lama laughed.
Many in the comments on the video called the behavior “inappropriate”, “scandalous” and “disgusting”. The controversy prompted an apology from the Dalai Lama’s office saying his behavior was “innocent and playful”.
“His Holiness wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as to his many friends around the world, for the harm his words may have caused. at the camera. He regrets the incident,” the statement said, citing The keeper.