“And suck my tongue,” the Dalai Lama tells the boy, sticking out his tongue.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/10/dalai-lamas-bizarre-kiss-sparks-controversy/

Dalai Lama arrives to grand welcome in Ladakh as India and.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/multiple-crises-push-global-hunger-figure-higher-un-5/

His death prompted tributes from political and religious leaders including US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Dalai Lama.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/national-world/cnn-europe-mideast-africa/2023/01/05/funeral-of-former-pope-benedict-xvi-to-be-held-at-vatican-in-prestigious-ceremony/

I actually went from the Dalai Lama to Cannes for a film I did with John Hurt, and Ivanka Trump was DJing at a party and I got into a blazing row with her.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lock-stock-interview-oral-history-b2397224.html

India considers the Dalai Lama as a revered religious leader and an honoured guest, but it does not encourage political activities by Tibetans.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/tibetan-democracy-day-8920073/

It was not so long ago that the cause of Tibetan independence and its avatar, the 14 Dalai Lama, were celebrated by influencers of the old technological regimes, cinema and popular music.

Source: https://religiondispatches.org/dalai-lamas-suck-my-tongue-controversy-reveals-centuries-old-christian-distortion-of-tibetan-buddhism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dalai-lamas-suck-my-tongue-controversy-reveals-centuries-old-christian-distort

Staunch defenders of the Dalai Lama have come since the video to say there is a simple cultural explanation for what he was filmed doing with the boy.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11979927/Lifelong-friend-Dalai-Lama-reveals-thoughts-suck-tongue-video.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The controversy prompted an apology from the office of the Dalai Lama, who said his behavior had been “innocent and playful”.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/10/dalai-lamas-bizarre-kiss-sparks-controversy/

The crowd dispersed and the view in every direction was filled with the upstanding stems of kusha grass the initiates held in their hands, said a post on the official website of the Dalai Lama.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.in/dalai-lama-names-us-born-mongolian-boy-3rd-highest-leader-buddhism-857789

The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the best-known living Buddhist figure in the world.

Source: https://krdo.com/money/cnn-business-consumer/2023/04/10/dalai-lama-apologizes-after-video-asking-child-to-suck-his-tongue-sparks-outcry/

The Dalai Lama has sparked outrage after kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to "suck" his tongue at an event last month.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1756614/dalai-lama-kissing-kisses-boy-news-dxus

The Dalai Lama touches foreheads with a young boy, who has been blurred to protect his identity, before addressing a group of students in Dharamshala, India, on February 28.

Source: https://abc11.com/dalai-lama-apology-after-video-kissing-boy-criticism/13109417/

The poorly equipped Tibetans – they wore magic amulets from the Dalai Lama which they thought would spare them from the British guns – were no match for the invaders, but Capt Craster was one of 202 British soldiers killed.

Source: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23746573.bamburgh-craster-whitby-wide-eye-pictures-past/?ref=rss

The statement added that the Dalai Lama regrets the incident and wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for any hurt his words may have caused.

Source: https://voiceofsikkim.com/dalai-lama-apologies-after-video-of-him-kissing-minor-boy-on-lips-goes-viral/

Wiesel with the Dalai Lama, 2005.

Source: https://forward.com/culture/548085/elie-wiesel-confronting-the-silence-joseph-berger-yale-jewish-lives/