11/19/2025
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT OF REGISTRATION
WINTER RETREAT – HAPPY MONASTERY
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📅 Retreat Dates:
• From December 26 to December 29, 2025
🌿 Theme:
• Returning to Inner Peace
📖 Languages:
• Bilingual English – Vietnamese program.
👨👩👧👦 Participants:
• Individuals and families: children, teenagers, and adults practicing together.
💝 The retreat is completely free of charge.
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📝 REGISTRATION
🔗 Register online:
https://forms.gle/1nRUwsKsSEK19USZ6
👫👫 If you are joining as a GROUP / ORGANIZATION, please contact the monastery at:
CALL/TEXT: 📞 (941) 941 0941
or email: happymonastery@gmail.com for GROUP REGISTRATION.
⏰ Registration deadline: December 22, 2025
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🙏 Namo Shakyamuni Buddha,
Dear practitioners,
As the old year gently comes to a close with the first cool winds of winter, our hearts softly whisper: it is time to return. Not to a distant place, but to return to ourselves — where stillness resides, where each gentle breath is felt, where mindful steps bring clarity, and where a peaceful heart shines like the sun, warming everyone around us.
This year’s Winter Family Retreat at Happy Monastery is an opportunity for us and our loved ones to pause amid the rush of daily life and return to a wholesome, mindful, and loving way of living.
During the four days of practice, the community will together:
🌼 Return to ourselves through mindful breathing and walking.
🌼 Nurture awareness and understanding in daily life.
🌼 Renew, heal, and strengthen family bonds.
🌼 Plant seeds of peace for the coming new year.
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✈️ AIRPORT INFORMATION NEAR THE MONASTERY
• 🛬 Sarasota Bradenton International (SRQ): 19 minutes
• 🛬 Tampa International (TPA): approx. 1 hour
• 🛬 Punta Gorda (PGD): approx. 1 hour
• 🛬 Fort Myers – Southwest Florida (RSW): approx. 1 hour 15 minutes
🚗 Airport pickup is available.
Please contact the monastery in advance to arrange transportation.
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Wishing you and your family peace and ease.
We look forward to welcoming you to this year’s Winter Retreat at Happy Monastery!
With metta,
📍 HAPPY MONASTERY
📧 happymonastery@gmail.com | 📞 (941) 941-0941