A post shared by Dalai Lama (@dalailama)«His Holiness wishes to apologise to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused,» the statement adds.The Dalai Lama says that though the incident was «playful,» he «regrets» the exchange.
The statement continued, saying the leader «often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras.
He regrets the incident.»The Dalai Lama currently lives in the Northern Indian town of Dharamshala. He fled Tibet in 1959 after an attempted uprising against Chinese rule.
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