2026 Retreat: The Great Togetherness
Fri, May 01
|Spring Haven BYU Lodge
If we know how to apply our understanding of emptiness to our daily life and the many challenges and difficulties we encounter, we will be able to overcome our suffering and experience relief and happiness. - Thích Nhất Hạnh
Time & Location
May 01, 2026, 7:30 AM MDT – May 03, 2026, 10:30 AM MDT
Spring Haven BYU Lodge, 241 Left Fork Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville, UT 84663, USA
About the event
The Great Togetherness
This year’s retreat invites us to dwell deeply in The Great Togetherness, the lived experience of interbeing. Together, as a sangha, we will explore and support one another in the practice of seeing through the illusion of a separate self, touching the truth of emptiness not as a philosophy, but as a way of life.
In our sitting, walking, sharing, and silence, we will look closely at how the idea of “me” and “mine” is constructed moment by moment, and how this construction can give rise to suffering, fear, and isolation. With tenderness and curiosity, we will practice recognizing that nothing exists independently, that we are made entirely of non self elements such as ancestors, community, earth, and one another.
Thích Nhất Hạnh reminds us:
“If we know how to apply our understanding of emptiness to our daily life and the many challenges and difficulties we encounter, we wil…
Tickets
Scholarship Donation, Optional
Our standard registration fees are set at a reduced level to make retreat attendance more accessible. If you are able to contribute additional funds to your registration costs, it will help us offer financial assistance to those in need. The contribution selected will be added only once to the associated registration. Thank you.
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The Buddhist teachings are considered priceless, and teachers do not charge for their services. Dana is the practice of giving. It manifests the fundamental interconnectedness of life and is a way for us to support the life and work of the teacher. There will be an opportunity to make a donation to Terry either with your registration or at the retreat. For normally employed people, $25 per day or $50 for the retreat is recommended.
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