The Dalai Lama apologized Monday in a tweet after asking a little boy to "suck his tongue" An episode that took place on February 28, and whose video has become viral in recent days on social networks. "His Holiness often teases the people she meets in innocent and playful ways, even in public and in front of the cameras. He regrets this incident," said a statement posted on his official Twitter account. The Dalai Lama universally embodies the Tibetan autonomy movement, but the international aura he enjoyed when he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 has faded.