Updated on 31-October-2009


How to Apply to a Course

  1. Access the application form by clicking on desired course date.
  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.

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

To apply for a course, please click on a convenient date in the course schedule below.

2009 Course Schedule
Dates Course Type Status Comments Old Student
Servers Needed?
14 Oct - 25 Oct 10 Day Course Completed English and Swedish  
29 Oct - 1 Nov 3 Day Course Completed For old studentsEnglish only
  
6 Nov - 8 Nov House and Garden Period In Progress For old students Yes
11 Nov - 22 Nov 10 Day Course Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 English and Swedish Yes
27 Nov - 29 Nov House and Garden Period Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
2 Dec - 13 Dec 10 Day Course Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 English and Swedish Yes
13 Dec Trust meeting Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
27 Dec, 2009 - 7 Jan, 2010 10 Day Course Admissions: Women — Long Wait List
Admissions: Men — Long Wait List		 English and Swedish No
         
2010 Course Schedule
Dates Course Type Status Comments Old Student
Servers Needed?
22 Jan - 24 Jan House and Garden Period Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
27 Jan - 7 Feb 10 Day Course Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 English and Swedish Yes
18 Feb - 21 Feb 3 Day Course Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 English only
For old students		 Yes
26 Feb - 28 Feb House and Garden Period Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
3 Mar - 14 Mar 10 Day Course Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 English and Swedish Yes
14 Mar Trust meeting Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
19 Mar - 21 Mar House and Garden Period Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
25 Mar - 5 Apr 10 Day Course Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 English and Swedish Yes
5 Apr Annual meeting Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
9 Apr - 11 Apr House and Garden Period Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
14 Apr - 25 Apr 10 Day Course Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 English and Swedish Yes
7 May - 9 May House and Garden Period Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
12 May - 23 May 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
November 12, 2009
English and Swedish		 Yes
May 29, 2010   Open Day
3 Jun - 6 Jun 3 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
December 3, 2009
English only
For old students		 Yes
9 Jun - 20 Jun 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
December 9, 2009
English and Swedish		 Yes
20 Jun Trust meeting Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
21 Jun - 29 Jun House and Garden Period Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
December 21, 2009
For old students		 Yes
30 Jun - 11 Jul 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
December 30, 2009
English and Swedish		 Yes
14 Jul - 25 Jul 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
January 14, 2010
English and Swedish		 Yes
30 Jul - 1 Aug House and Garden Period Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
January 30, 2010
For old students		 Yes
4 Aug - 15 Aug 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
February 4, 2010
English and Swedish		 Yes
20 Aug - 22 Aug House and Garden Period Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
February 20, 2010
For old students		 Yes
25 Aug - 5 Sep 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
February 25, 2010
English and Swedish		 Yes
9 Sep - 13 Sep European Trustees and Dhamma Servers Meeting Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
March 9, 2010
  
17 Sep - 26 Sep Satipatthana Sutta Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
March 17, 2010
English and Russian
For old students who meet these requirements		 Yes
26 Sep Trust meeting Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
29 Sep - 10 Oct 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
March 29, 2010
English and Swedish		 Yes
15 Oct - 17 Oct House and Garden Period Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
April 15, 2010
For old students		 Yes
21 Oct - 24 Oct 3 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
April 21, 2010
English only
For old students		 Yes
27 Oct - 7 Nov 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
April 27, 2010
English and Swedish		 Yes
19 Nov - 21 Nov House and Garden Period Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
May 19, 2010
For old students		 Yes
24 Nov - 5 Dec 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
May 24, 2010
English and Swedish		 Yes
5 Dec Trust meeting Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
10 Dec - 12 Dec House and Garden Period Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
June 10, 2010
For old students		 Yes
29 Dec, 2010 - 9 Jan, 2011 10 Day Course Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
June 29, 2010
English and Swedish		 Yes
 

To access the Old Student Regional Site please click here. A user name and password will be required to access these pages. Questions may be addressed to Email: dhamma-service@sobhana.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 - 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. Please click on a "Yes" link in the above schedule to apply for Dhamma Service.
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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.
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Service Periods have been set aside to work on a variety of Centre maintenance, construction, household and gardening projects. All Old Students are welcome to participate. The daily program will include three group sittings with morning and afternoon work periods. On selected evenings, 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 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, are trying to maintain the five precepts in their daily lives, and trying to maintain daily practice.
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