A viral video which shows the Buddhist leader Dalai Lama kissing a child on his lips and then asking the young boy to “suck his tongue” has caused a massive furor online – with many calling out the act ‘disgusting’.
In the video, the Buddhist monk can be seen planting a kiss on the boy’s lips when he leaned in to pay respect to the spiritual leader. He was then seen sticking his tongue out and asking the child to suck it. “Can you suck my tongue,” he can be heard asking the young kid.
The video is causing outrage on Twitter. Sharing the video, one Twitter user Joost Broekers wrote, “So the Dalai Lama is kissing an Indian boy at a Buddhist event and even tries to touch his tongue. He actually says “suck my tongue”. Now why would he do that?”
Black Twitter is also going crazy, asking for Dalai Lama’s close friend Whoopi Goldberg to denounce him.
The Dalai Lama has issued an apology:
