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Never Forget Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Untold Story review – soft-focus documentary on spiritual leader

The Dalai Lama recalls his escape from Tibet in this rare but rambling interview

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2023

Dalai Lama 'unfairly labelled' over tongue video - Tibet govt-in-exile

The head of Tibet's government-in-exile on Thursday defended the Dalai Lama over footage of him asking a boy to suck his tongue, saying the incident had demonstrated the country's spiritual leader's innocent and affectionate side.

Reuters · Apr 13, 2023

Dalai Lama tongue controversy: playful joke or ‘abusive’?

Viral footage showing the Dalai Lama kissing a boy on the lips and asking him to “suck my tongue” has triggered a war of words between outraged critics and the Tibetan spiritual leader’s supporters. 

The Week · Apr 13, 2023

Dalai Lama apologises after video asking boy to 'suck my tongue'

The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans' 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologised on Monday after footage showed him asking a young boy to "suck my tongue" at a public event.

Reuters · Apr 10, 2023

Dalai Lama apologises after video circulates online of Tibetan spiritual leader kissing a young boy and asking him to 'suck my tongue'

The Dalai Lama apologises to a young boy and his family after a video of the Tibetan spiritual leader kissing a child and asking him to "suck my tongue" went viral.

ABC News · Apr 10, 2023

India rejects China's attempt to rename disputed places

In this week's show we see how Indian officials are furious after China renamed 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh. It is a disputed Himalayan border region under Indian control, which Beijing considers part of southern Tibet. Next, we head to Nepal, which is home to the "most dangerous runway in…

France 24 · Apr 7, 2023

Dalai Lama names Mongolian boy as third highest Buddhist spiritual leader

A Mongolian boy born in the United Staes has been named by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 1, 2023

Dalai Lama identifies the reincarnation of Mongolia's spiritual leader – a preview of tensions around finding his own replacement

More than 5,600 people had gathered for a March 2023 ceremony in Dharamsala, India, when the Dalai Lama indicated toward a young child beside him.

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023

China denounces U.S. Congress for hosting Tibet's leader-in-exile

China accused the U.S. Congress of interfering in its internal affairs on Wednesday by virtually hosting the head of an India-based organization known as Tibet's government-in-exile to speak at a hearing earlier this week.

Reuters · Mar 29, 2023

The Dalai Lama, reincarnation and China’s mounting Tibet problem

An American-Mongolian boy has been identified as the tenth incarnation of the Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoché, the third highest-ranking spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism.

The Week · Mar 29, 2023