{"id":1912974,"date":"2023-04-11T07:41:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T11:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dalai-lama-apologizes-after-video-shows-him-kissing-young-boy-on-mouth-asking-him-to-suck-his-tongue\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T07:43:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T11:43:16","slug":"dalai-lama-apologizes-after-video-shows-him-kissing-young-boy-on-mouth-asking-him-to-suck-his-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dalai-lama-apologizes-after-video-shows-him-kissing-young-boy-on-mouth-asking-him-to-suck-his-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalai Lama Apologizes After Video Shows Him Kissing Young Boy On Mouth, Asking Him To Suck His Tongue"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdalai-lama-apologizes-after-video-shows-him-kissing-young-boy-on-mouth-asking-him-to-suck-his-tongue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1912974&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans\u2019 87-year-old spiritual leader, issued an apology Monday morning after video surfaced of him kissing a young boy on the mouth earlier this year in northern India.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in February in the hillside city of Dharamshala during an event for the M3M Foundation, a philanthropy group started by an Indian real estate company.<\/p>\n<p>After the Dalai Lama kissed the boy, he stuck out his tongue and told the boy to \u201csuck my tongue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked His Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug,\u201d said a statement on the exiled leader\u2019s Twitter account, which has 19 million followers. \u201cHis Holiness wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cHe regrets the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd22 This is an alarming scene! The Dalai Lama, who has had ties to NXIVM in the past, caught on camera trying to make advances to an Indian boy.<\/p>\n<p>You can clearly see the boy&#8217;s body language as he yanks back the first time, then throws his head upward as the Dalai-Lama says &#8220;SUCK\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CorBr8tiDz\">pic.twitter.com\/CorBr8tiDz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NATLY DENISE (@NatlyDenise_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatlyDenise_\/status\/1645050811955724292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haq: Center for Child Rights, a prominent child rights group in the area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/10\/india\/dalai-lama-apology-kissing-boy-video-intl-hnk\/index.html\">told<\/a> CNN that it condemned \u201call form of child abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome news refers to Tibetan culture about showing tongue, but this video is certainly not about any cultural expression and even if it is, such cultural expressions are not acceptable,\u201d the organization said.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-11253\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Dalai Lama faced intense backlash online over the incident and the apology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMissing some context here @DalaiLama,\u201d journalist Yashar Ali tweeted alongside a screenshot of a New York Times tweet that stated in part: \u201cThe Dalai Lama has apologized after a video surfaced showing him kissing a boy on the lips at a public event this year and then saying to the child, \u2018Suck my tongue.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Missing some context here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DalaiLama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DalaiLama<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wCjdmY8eT3\">https:\/\/t.co\/wCjdmY8eT3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JS1mxQlkIT\">pic.twitter.com\/JS1mxQlkIT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 \u06cc\u0627\u0634\u0627\u0631 (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1645461636852121601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis sick, disturbing video of the Dalai Lama making a child suck his tongue emerged months ago, but it has only just now made waves on social media\u2014prompting the \u2018holy\u2019 man to issue an apology,\u201d writer Ian Miles Cheong wrote on Twitter. \u201cWhy wasn\u2019t it a problem for him before it went viral?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not very holy!\u201d declared Professor Gad Saad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans\u2019 87-year-old spiritual leader, issued an apology Monday morning after video surfaced of him kissing a young boy on the mouth earlier this year in northern India. 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