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The Dalai Lama has issued an apology for his actions astatine an lawsuit earlier this year.
After a video dispersed online April 9 that appears to amusement the 87-year-old attempting to buss a kid connected the lips, His Holiness expressed regret for his actions.
"A video clip has been circulating that shows a caller gathering erstwhile a young lad asked His Holiness the Dalai Lama if helium could springiness him a hug," the Dalai Lama's squad said successful a statement connected Twitter April 10. "His Holiness wishes to apologize to the lad and his family, arsenic good arsenic his galore friends crossed the world, for the wounded his words whitethorn person caused."
The connection continued, "His Holiness often teases radical helium meets successful an guiltless and playful way, adjacent successful nationalist and earlier cameras. He regrets the incident."
In the arguable video, a young lad tin beryllium seen approaching the Nobel Peace Prize victor earlier asking, "Can I hug you?" The spiritual leader proceeds to invitation the lad connected stage where they stock a hug and a kiss.
The Dalai Lama past points to his lips, and says, "I deliberation yet present also." He past pulls the boy's chin and kisses him connected the mouth. "And suck my tongue," helium says, starring to a fewer chuckles from the crowd.
While sticking retired one's lingua tin sometimes service arsenic a greeting successful Tibet, according to the BBC, a Delhi-based kid rights radical called HAQ—Center for Child Rights—denounced the Dalia Lama's actions.
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"Some quality refers to Tibetan civilization astir showing tongue," the enactment said successful a connection to CNN, "but this video is surely not astir immoderate taste look and adjacent if it is, specified taste expressions are not acceptable."
While the individuality of the lad is not known astatine this time, CNN reports helium was astatine a February lawsuit with the M3M Foundation, the philanthropic limb of Indian existent property institution M3M Group, based successful Dharamshala, wherever the Dalai Lama lives successful imperishable exile.
This isn't the archetypal clip the Dalai Lama has apologized for his actions.
In a 2019 interrogation with the BBC, the Dalai Lama commented connected who mightiness win him aft his death. "If pistillate Dalai Lama comes," helium said, "she should beryllium much attractive."
Soon after, his squad released a connection saying His Holiness "is profoundly atrocious that radical person been wounded by what helium said and offers his sincere apologies."
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