Dalai Lama apologizes for kissing boy and telling him to stick out his tongue
Dalai Lama has apologized after a video of Tibetan priest Dalai Lama kissing a boy and asking him to stick out his tongue went viral.
Controversial Buddhist monk Dalai Lama has apologized for telling a child to lick his tongue. A video showing Buddhist monk Dalai Lama kissing a child on the lips and then asking him to lick his tongue has gone viral on social media.
After this, there was outrage everywhere about this behavior of the Buddhist guru, and as this matter became controversial, the guru apologized. He tweeted that he is apologizing to the boy, his family and Buddhist followers around the world.
In a video, when a boy bowed down to pay his respects to the lama, the Dalai Lama kissed the boy on the lips, then the lama told the child to lick his tongue, and the Dalai Lama stuck his tongue out in front of him. As this video went viral, there was outrage everywhere.
The Dalai Lama has now apologized and issued a statement. In an official statement, he said he regrets the pain his words have caused to the minor boy and his family.
His office apologized, saying in a statement that 'the Dalai Lama often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful manner.'