The Dalai Lama then asked the boy to kiss him on the lips and stuck out his tongue.
With his advancing age, the question of who will succeed him has become more pressing. Speaking to the BBC last month, the Tibetan spiritual leader said that any future female. In the video, he gestured to his cheek, after which the child kissed him before giving him a hug. On 29 April 1959, the Dalai Lama established the independent Tibetan government in exile in the north Indian hill station of Mussoorie, which then moved in May 1960 to Dharamshala, where he resides. The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, is turning 86 on July 6, 2021. The Dalai Lama has apologised for controversial comments about the possibility of a woman succeeding him.
At the age of two, the child, then named Lhamo Dhondup, was recognized as the reincarnation of the previous 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. However, to attend teachings and public talks outside of India one usually is required to purchase a ticket. He was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in a small hamlet located in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet.
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In India, teachings and public talks are usually free and open to the public. The Dalai Lama invited the boy up toward the platform he was seated on. His Holiness the Dalai Lama gives teachings throughout the year at various times and in different places. He was taking questions from the audience when the boy asked if he could hug him. The incident occurred at a public gathering in February at the Tsuglagkhang temple in Dharamsala, where the exiled leader lives. DHARAMSALA, India (AP) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologized Monday after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered criticism.Ī statement posted on his official website said the 87-year-old leader regretted the incident and wished 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.”
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