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The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile has defended the Dalai Lama over a video during which the non secular chief kisses a baby on the lips after which asks him to “suck my tongue.”
The Dalai Lama’s actions have been “innocent” and had been misinterpreted, Penpa Tsering instructed reporters at an occasion within the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday, including that the controversy over the video had “hurt” the chief’s followers.
“His holiness has always lived in sanctity, (following the life of) a Buddhist monk, including celibacy. His years of spiritual practice have gone beyond sensorial pleasures,” Tsering stated. “His holiness is now being labeled all kinds of names.”
In a press release Monday, the Dalai Lama – a Nobel peace laureate – apologized after a video of his alternate with the boy went viral on social media and prompted a wave of worldwide criticism, together with accusations of kid abuse.
Tsering claimed that inside investigations advised “pro-Chinese sources” have been behind the unfold of the video on social media, however gave no proof for the declare.
“The political angle of this incident cannot be ignored,” he stated.
The present Dalai Lama, 87-year-old Tenzin Gyatso, is the world’s best-known dwelling Buddhist determine.
The principal non secular chief of the “Yellow Hat” college of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama is revered by thousands and thousands because the reincarnation of his 13 predecessors.
He has been based mostly in India since 1959, following an unsuccessful Tibetan rebellion towards Chinese occupation. He later established a government-in-exile in Dharamshala, main 1000’s of Tibetans who adopted him there.
Some of the Dalai Lama’s supporters declare his actions within the video, which was filmed within the northern Indian hillside metropolis of Dharamshala in February, have been misinterpreted beneath a Western lens.
“Expression of emotions and manners today has been melted together and become vividly westernized,” Namdol Lhagyari, a Tibetan activist in exile, wrote on Twitter Monday. “Bringing in narrative of other cultures, customs and social influence on gender and sexuality to interpret Tibetan way of expression is heinous.”
February’s incident isn’t the primary time the octogenarian has sparked controversy lately.
He apologized after a 2019 interview with the BBC, throughout which he stated if a feminine Dalai Lama ought to succeed him, she “should be more attractive.”
The earlier 12 months, he advised Europe needs to be stored for Europeans, when talking concerning the rising degree of African refugees getting into the continent.
Source: www.cnn.com