"YES: The #DalaiLama was being playful and affectionate! A Tibetan's Perspective.

JigJag
Apr 11, 2023.17 min.
How and why an innocent and playful interaction between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a young Indian boy has been sensationalized into a clickbait story with leading titles and fake descriptions., and a carefully spliced video. ----at 15.20 starts the unedited version of the 'kissing' scene--

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bT0qey5Ts78