How to Apply to Attend or Serve a Course

  1. Access the application form by clicking Apply for the desired course. Old students will be given the option to serve.
  2. Please carefully read the Introduction to the Technique and Code of Discipline which you will be asked to follow during your course.
  3. Fully and completely fill out all the sections of application form and submit it. An application is required to register for all courses.
  4. Await notification. All correspondence will be through e-mail if you give an e-mail address in your application. Due to the large volume of applications, it may take up to two weeks before receiving notification.
  5. If your application is accepted then we require you to confirm you will be attending in order to secure your place in the course.

Teenagers' and Children's Courses

2010 Course Schedule
Dates Course Type Status Comments Old Student
Servers Needed?
Jun  5 - Jun  6 Teen (Male Only)
Admissions:Boys — Open
Please visit our teens' course page for more information & application. Teen (Male Only) Yes
Jul 31 - Aug  1 Children's Course Admissions:Girls — Open
Admissions:Boys — Open
Please visit our children's course page for more information & application.  Yes
Aug 21 - Aug 22 Teen (Female Only) Admissions:Girls — Open
Please visit our teens' course page for more information & application. Teen (Female Only) Yes

Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

All ten day courses begin on the evening of the first day and end on the early morning of the last day.

2009 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve
Dates Course Type Status Comments
  Oct 14 - Oct 25 10-Day Completed
  Oct 26 - Nov  1 Old Student Work Period Completed For old students
Apply Nov  4 - Nov 15 10-Day In Progress
Apply Nov 25 - Dec  6 10-Day Admissions:Women — Long Wait List
Admissions:Men — Long Wait List
Apply Dec  7 - Dec 13 Old Student Work Period Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
New Course!!
For old students
Apply Dec 27, 2009 - Jan  7, 2010 10-Day Admissions:Women — Long Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
Note: New Dates!
Note that this course is held in Jacksonville, FL and not at the Southeast Vipassana Center
         
2010 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve
Dates Course Type Status Comments
Apply Jan 13 - Jan 24 10-Day Admissions:Women — Short Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Feb  3 - Feb 14 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Feb 24 - Mar  7 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Mar 10 - Mar 21 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Apr 14 - Apr 25 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Apr 28 - May  9 10-Day Bilingual Vietnamese/English Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10-Day Bilingual Vietnamese/English
Apply May 14 - May 18 3-Day Old Student Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
New Course!!
For old students
Apply May 19 - May 30 10-Day Bilingual Spanish/English Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10-Day Bilingual Spanish/English
Apply Jun  9 - Jun 20 10-Day Bilingual Mandarin/English Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10-Day Bilingual Mandarin/English
Apply Jun 23 - Jun 27 3-Day Old Student Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
New Course!!
For old students
  Jun 30 - Jul 11 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
  Jul 14 - Jul 25 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
  Aug  4 - Aug 15 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
  Aug 25 - Sep  5 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
  Sep 15 - Sep 24 Satipatthana Sutta Course  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
For old students who meet these requirements
  Sep 24 - Sep 26 Trust Retreat  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
For old students
  Oct  6 - Oct 17 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
  Oct 20 - Oct 31 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
  Nov 10 - Nov 21 10-Day Bilingual Hindi/English  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
10-Day Bilingual Hindi/English
  Dec  1 - Dec 12 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jan  1, 2010
  Dec 27, 2010 - Jan  7, 2011 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Sep  1, 2010

The online application form encrypts your information before it is sent from your computer to our application server. However, it may not be totally secure even though encryption is used. If you are concerned about the possibility of security risks of your confidential information while it is on the Internet, do not use this form and instead download an application. Print and complete it. Then please send the form to the course organizers shown below. By faxing or posting your application form it may delay the registration process by one to two weeks.




Please visit our old student program page for more information. A user name and password will be required to access these pages. Questions may be addressed to  E-mail: info@patapa.dhamma.org.

All courses are run solely on a donation basis. All expenses are met by donations from those who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the same opportunity. Neither the Teacher nor the assistant teachers receive remuneration; they and those who serve the courses volunteer their time. Thus Vipassana is offered free from commercialisation.

Old students are those who have completed a 10-day Vipassana Meditation course with S.N. Goenka or his Assistant Teachers.

Old students have the opportunity to provide Dhamma Service at the courses listed above.
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Bilingual courses are courses which are taught in two languages. All students will hear daily meditation instructions in both languages. The evening discourses will be heard separately.
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10-day courses are an introductory course to Vipassana Meditation where the technique is taught step-by-step each day. The courses begin after a 2-4 pm registration period and orientation, followed by 10 full days of meditation, and end the morning of the 11th day by 7:30am.

Multilingual courses are courses which are taught in two or more languages. All students will hear daily meditation instructions in both languages. The evening discourses will be heard separately.
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Old Student Programs are similar to Service Periods where there is time to work on a variety of Centre maintenance, construction, household and gardening projects, but have a more full and structured program, an opportunity to meet with assistant teachers, and possibly committee and trust meetings. All Old Students are welcome to participate. The daily program will include three group sittings with morning and afternoon work periods and in the evening there will be tapes played of special discourses and talks that S.N. Goenka has given to Old Students.
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Old Student short courses (1-3 days) are for any student who has completed the 10-day course with S.N. Goenka and his assistant teachers. All old students are welcome to apply to attend these courses, including those where it has been some time since their last course.
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Satipatthana Sutta courses have the same timetable and discipline as 10-day course. The difference is that in the taped evening discourses the Satipatthana Sutta is carefully examined. This is the principal text in which the technique of Vipassana is systematically explained. These courses are open to serious old students who have completed at least three 10-day courses, have not been practising any other meditation techniques since last 10-day course, have been practising this technique of Vipassana for at least one year, and who are trying to maintain the five precepts in their daily lives.
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Teenagers' Anapana Courses are available for teens in different age ranges from 13-18 years old. Their parents/guardians do not have to be Vipassana meditators. For further information and age ranges for teens click here.
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Children's Courses are open for all children aged 8-12 years old who wish to learn to meditate. Their parents/guardians do not have to be meditators. For further information and age ranges for children click here.
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