#434: BONUS EPISODE: Deconstructing the Dalai Lama: What does his recent behavior toward a child mean?
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🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet Buddhism is beloved by millions around the world for his compassion and his teachings of non violence. Known as His Holiness, to the public, his gentle nature, grandfatherly affect and often childlike wonder can be captivating to the masses who come to be in his presence. But recently, the Dalai Lama is under scrutiny for his upsetting behavior toward a child who came up to give him a hug during a public appearance. Laura and Jim break down what they saw in a video of this encounter, and what far reaching effects it could have.
Buddhism is beloved by millions around the world for his compassion and his teachings of non violence. Known as His Holiness, to the public, his gentle nature, grandfatherly affect and often childlike wonder can be captivating to the masses who come to be in his presence. But recently, the Dalai Lama is under scrutiny for his upsetting behavior toward a child who came up to give him a hug during a public appearance. Laura and Jim break down what they saw in a video of this encounter, and what far reaching effects it could have.
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| 0:00.0 | The Dalai Lama apologized today after facing harsh backlash for his interactions with the child. |
| 0:06.2 | The incident happened back in February at a public gathering. A young boy asked if he could hug |
| 0:11.9 | the spiritual leader. The Dalai Lama invited the boy up to where he was sitting and then kissed |
| 0:17.1 | the child on the lips and said the child should suck his tongue. People reacted to the video on |
| 0:23.4 | social media calling the behavior inappropriate and disturbing. That's not the language they use even |
| 0:29.6 | when they do it playfully with their parents or relatives or friends. So it's very evidently |
| 0:35.7 | something which hits you on the face and you're like why and what has happened in this video. |
| 0:42.4 | In his apology, the Dalai Lama said he has sorry to the boy and his family, his friends across the |
| 0:47.4 | world and for the hurt his words may have caused. Hello and welcome to Real Crime Profiles. |
| 0:56.6 | Jim Clement, you retired if you have a qualified former New York City prosecutor, |
| 0:59.4 | right-produced criminal lines. Hey, I'm Mrs. Embediant, former casting director of CVS as criminal |
| 1:06.0 | lines in many other things and with me today is Laura Richards, criminal behavior analyst, |
| 1:11.0 | former New Scotland Yard founder of Paladin National Stalking Applications Service and host of the |
| 1:15.0 | podcast Crime Analysts and we're jumping back on to talk to all of you lovely lot about what we |
| 1:22.3 | saw in a video between the Dalai Lama which he was with a child in India and I have to say |
| 1:30.9 | watching this video which didn't make mainstream news of him firstly kissing the child on the lips, |
| 1:39.5 | then holding his arms and holding his face and putting his forehead to the child's forehead and |
| 1:44.4 | then instructing him to suck on his tongue and a little boy just recoiled and he instantly moved back |
| 1:52.4 | and then other people laughed which obviously the child was trying to look at whether this was normal or |
| 1:58.7 | not and felt uncomfortable instinctively and I did post about this Jim and Lisa, I don't know whether |
| 2:04.4 | you saw it but we have been talking about child abuse, it is child abuse prevention month, this is |
| 2:08.6 | something that's really important isn't it that even somebody who is the Dalai Lama, you know we have |
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