NYT WORLD: Dalai Lama Apologizes Over an Exchange With a Boy
By Sameer Yasir
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 10, 2023 at 03:00AM
In the video, which was taken in February in the hill town of Dharamsala, in northern India, the Buddhist leader, 87, speaks briefly to the boy in front of an audience before kissing him and then pulling him close to his outstretched tongue.
The apology issued by the Dalai Lama’s office said only that the boy, who was not identified, had asked the spiritual leader if he could give him a hug, making no reference to the kiss or the extended tongue. It said that the Dalai Lama’s actions had been lighthearted.
By Sameer Yasir
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 10, 2023 at 03:00AM
In a video, the 87-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader sticks out his tongue and asks the child to “suck” it. His office said the actions had been lighthearted.
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, apologized on Monday after a video surfaced online showing him kissing a boy on the lips at a public event earlier this year and then saying to the child, “Suck my tongue.”In the video, which was taken in February in the hill town of Dharamsala, in northern India, the Buddhist leader, 87, speaks briefly to the boy in front of an audience before kissing him and then pulling him close to his outstretched tongue.
The apology issued by the Dalai Lama’s office said only that the boy, who was not identified, had asked the spiritual leader if he could give him a hug, making no reference to the kiss or the extended tongue. It said that the Dalai Lama’s actions had been lighthearted.
Read More at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/world/asia/dalai-lama-boy.html
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