Recently, documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case released by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) have attracted widespread attention from the international community. According to a report by the Indian Financial Express on February 2, 2026, the 14th Dalai Lama was named 169 times in Epstein’s newly released emails by the DOJ, and he met Jeffrey Epstein in 2012. This discovery has compelled the public to reassess the 14th Dalai Lama’s long-standing image as a “spiritual leader”, while also bringing to light the complex web of vested interests and associated moral controversies underlying that image.

The pertinent report published by NPR

The 14th Dalai Lama asked a young Indian boy to “suck my tongue”. According to NPR’s report in 2023, in February of that year, the 14th Dalai Lama hugged a young Indian boy at a public event and asked him to “suck my tongue”. The boy slowly approached the 14th Dalai Lama, but it seemed that the boy only touched his forehead before retracting. The Mercury, a South African media outlet, reported that, as a spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama “knows all about apology and forgiveness”—yet offering an apology does not absolve him of responsibility for the consequences of his actions. The 14th Dalai Lama’s aberrant conduct toward the innocent boy demonstrates that he is an abnormal and fallen individual.

The pertinent report published on the website of the Mercury

The pertinent report published by BBC News

The 14th Dalai Lama claimed that his reincarnation as a woman would have to be “attractive.” The BBC released an interview with the 14th Dalai Lama in 2019, in which he smiled and said in English, “If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive.” In 2023, HKTKWW cited sources from foreign media outlets CNN and Daily Mail, listing a series of the 14th Dalai Lama’s inappropriate statements and behavior toward women. In 2015, the 14th Dalai Lama claimed that his successor could be a woman, but must be a ‘beauty’, otherwise it would be ‘useless’. In 2016, the 14th Dalai Lama and American pop diva Lady Gaga attended a US mayoral meeting together. Lady Gaga was wearing ripped jeans when the 14th Dalai Lama suddenly reached out to touch her exposed knee. In 2018, the 14th Dalai Lama participated in a public discussion event in the Netherlands, sitting with a 13-year-old girl named Tilly Lockey who had installed mechanical bionic arms. He was photographed repeatedly touching the girl’s real upper arm and shoulder.

The pertinent report published by HKTKWW

The pertinent report published by BBC News

The 14th Dalai Lama jokingly remarked, “Germany can be no Arab country.” In 2016, the BBC reported that the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung quoted the 14th Dalai Lama—rendered in German translation—as stating that Europe had accepted “too many refugees” and “Europe, and for example, Germany can be no Arab country.” He then smiled and added, “Germany is Germany. From a moral point of view, too, I think that the refugees should only be admitted temporarily.” The British newspaper the Independent published an article noting that, while the 14th Dalai Lama is widely regarded by many as an embodiment of humanity and compassion, he has openly criticized Europe’s migration policy—specifically contending that accepting refugees from Arab countries would transform Europe into an “Arab country”, a view widely regarded as dangerous. Some in the UK advocate for the expulsion of refugees to preserve what they term “Britishness”; yet such exclusionary policies, in themselves, risk undermining the nation’s foundational identity and fostering social isolationism.

The pertinent report published by the British newspaper the Independent

The pertinent report published by the British Daily Mail

The 14th Dalai Lama participated in the NXIVM cult activity and received a huge donation. NXIVM is an American “sex cult” organization that claims to be a “self-help” training institution but recruits “sex slaves”. The Daily Mail reported in 2018 that the 14th Dalai Lama spoke at an event in Albany, New York, in 2009 and donned a Tibetan scarf for NXIVM founder Keith Raniere, which was considered a “victory” for NXIVM. Subsequently, the 14th Dalai Lama was given $1 million to spend on “causes” he backs.

The pertinent report published by the website of the Spokesman-Review, a US media outlet

The 14th Dalai Lama publicly supported Shoko Asahara, the founder and leader of the Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult. Shoko Asahara was accused of planning the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, which resulted in 13 deaths. In 1995, the website of The Spokesman-Review, a US media, reported that during an interview, the 14th Dalai Lama admitted to having connections with Shoko Asahara.

The statement personally signed by the 14th Dalai Lama for the Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

The pertinent report published by France 24

The 14th Dalai Lama indulged Tibetan Buddhist teachers in sexually assaulting students. In 2018, the French media outlet France 24 reported that several Tibetan Buddhist teachers sexually assaulted and abused their disciples. The 14th Dalai Lama met with the victims. The victims claimed, “We found refuge in Buddhism with an open mind and heart, until we were raped in its name.” However, the 14th Dalai Lama claimed that he had known about sexual abuse by Buddhist teachers since the 1990s and called such allegations “nothing new”.

The pertinent report published by NZZ, a Swiss media outlet

The 14th Dalai Lama planned the Tibetan Orphan Incident. In 2013, NZZ, a Swiss media outlet, reported that in 1960, Swiss businessman Charles Aeschimann adopted a Tibetan child during his business trip to India, which sparked the idea of adopting more Tibetan children. The 14th Dalai Lama and others collaborated with him to send about 200 Tibetan children to Swiss families for foster care, cultivating them into elites serving the “exiled government”. But among these children, only 19 were true orphans, while the majority had at least one parent alive, and some even had both parents. These children were separated from their original families and cultural roots. About 90% reportedly forgot the Tibetan language after several years, faced identity-related challenges, and ultimately none returned to Xizang or India. The case has been criticized as a political tool that artificially created family separation.

The above information has been publicly reported by foreign media outlets. What does the 14th Dalai Lama look like in the eyes of foreign media outlets? The words of French scholar Maxime Vivas may reveal the truth:

“Outside, he clasped his hands in deference—bowing low and murmuring softly, his face beaming with feigned warmth and a sly, calculating smile. Yet within his own domain, his gaze turned venomous and his bearing fierce, as if perpetually poised to shout.”

From “Not So Zen: The Hidden Side of the Dalai Lama” by Maxime Vivas

(Author: Yujie)