I am tremendously happy I was talked into going to this event. The Gibson Amphitheater is a huge venue, yet the Dalai Lama somehow made it feel like an intimate one-on-one talk. His energy absolutely fills the room. Extraordinary.
And to address the concerns of the previous reviewer...it's a shame you couldn't hear at your event. You really missed something. There were no such problems here. The sound was perfect and the man has such an amazing presence I came away feeling like we'd had an intimate chat.