So His Holiness kissed a boy child on the lips. And stuck his tongue at him which the boy did too. Then the dalai lama made a joke and everyone freaked out in england. I think it may be mostly the uptightness of american and the west that made it an incident at all. I have been always quite impressed with the aura of the 14th every time I met with him (3 times while in dharamshala, in public meetings). He emanates peace and compassion for real I think.