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We see the Dalai Lama, the Buddhist monk, sticking out his tongue as he asks the boy to suck it A video showing the Dalai Lama kissing a boy on the lips and then asking him to "suck his tongue" sparked an argument. The video, which has gone viral on social media, shows the Dalai Lama planting a kiss on the boy's lips as he bows to pay homage to the spiritual leader. We see the Buddhist monk sticking out his tongue as he asks the boy to suck on it. "Can you suck my tongue?", the minor is heard asking in the video.
The video sparked angry reactions from Twitter users.
Sharing the video, Twitter user Joost Broekers wrote: "So the Dalai Lama kisses an Indian boy at a Buddhist event and even tries to touch his tongue. He actually says 'suck my tongue'. Now why? I would do that?".
"It is inappropriate and no one should justify this misconduct by
@DalaiLama," wrote another Twitter user, Deepika Pushkar Nath.
"What do I see? Is this the Dalai Lama? He should be arrested for child molestation. Disgusting," Jas Oberoi tweeted.
In 2019, the Dalai Lama sparked controversy by stating that if his successor was to be a woman, she had to be "attractive."
"If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive," he said.
The comments, which drew criticism around the world, were made in an interview with British broadcaster that aired in 2019 from the Nobel Peace laureate's exile in Dharamsala.
He later apologized for his controversial comments.
Last month, the Dalai Lama named an American-born Mongolian boy the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the third-highest rank in Tibetan Buddhism.
The decision to anoint the eight-year-old as the third most important lama in Tibetan Buddhism is likely to anger China, which has insisted it only recognize Buddhist leaders chosen by its own government.
Beijing accused the Dalaï Lama of promoting separatism in Tibet and not recognized by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), which represents around 100,000 exiled Tibetans living in thirty countries in India, Nepal, Canada and the USA.
