Young children offer flowers to His Holiness the Dalai Lama before the start of the interfaith gathering on 'Spirituality and the Environment' at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon on May 9, 2013. Photo/Don Farber
The University of Portland choir performs at the start to the interfaith gathering on 'Spirituality and the Environment' with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Portland, Oregon on May 9, 2013. Photo/Don Farbe
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking during the interfaith gathering on 'Spirituality and the Environment' in Portland, Oregon on May 9, 2013. Photo/Don Farber
View of University of Portland's Chiles Center, where over 4800 people attended the interfaith gathering with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Portland, Oregon on May 9, 2013. Photo/Don Farber
His Holiness the Dalai Lama looks on during a performance of Native American song before his talk at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon on May 9, 2013. Photo/Don Farber
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking during his talk at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon on May 9, 2013. Photo/Don Farber
A student asks a question to His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his talk at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon on May 9, 2013. Photo/Jeremy Russell