Updated on 14-May-2012

How to apply for a course

  1. Access the application form by clicking on the course date in the left hand column.
  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 email if you give an email 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.

Due to the number of application, please be kind to others and wait four months between courses.

Dhamma Mahi

Dhamma Nilaya

Brittany

South West

South East

Paris

Children's courses

Courses in Dhamma Mahi

2012 Course Schedule
Dates Course Type Status Place Comments Old Student
Servers Needed
Click here to apply
9th May - 20th May
10 day
New female-Closed
New male-Closed
Old female-Closed
Old male-Closed

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
23rd May - 3rd Jun
10 day
New female-Closed
New male-Closed
Old female-WaitList
Old male-Closed

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
3rd Jun - 9th Jun Service Period
Female-Open
Male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For old students only
Open day preparation
To serve click here
Old student only
9th Jun - 10th Jun Service Period
Female-Open
Male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For old students only
Open day service
To serve click here
Old student only


10th Jun


OPEN DAY OPEN DAY
Click here to apply
12th Jun - 23rd Jun
10 day
New female-Closed
New male-WaitList
Old female-WaitList
Old male-WaitList

Dhamma Mahi This course will be conducted by Thai teachers, places are still available for Thai who wish to follow the course in their mother language. To serve click here
Old student only


23rd Jun - 24th Jun


TRUST MEETING Saturday : comitee meeting Sunday at 9h15 : Trust meeting, all members are welcome
Click here to apply
27th Jun - 8th Jul
10 day
New female-Closed
New male-WaitList
Old female-WaitList
Old male-WaitList

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
18th Jul - 29th Jul
10 day
New female-Closed
New male-WaitList
Old female-Closed
Old male-WaitList

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
1st Aug - 12th Aug
10 day
New female-Closed
New male-WaitList
Old female-Closed
Old male-WaitList

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
15th Aug - 26th Aug
10 day
New female-Closed
New male-WaitList
Old female-Closed
Old male-Closed

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
29th Aug - 9th Sep
10 day
New female-Open
New male-Open
Old female-Open
Old male-Open

Dhamma Mahi Languages English/Khmer only To serve click here
Old student only


15th Sep - 16th Sep


TRUST MEETING Saturday : comitee meeting Sunday at 9h15 : Trust meeting, all members are welcome
Click here to apply
19th Sep - 30th Sep
10 day
New female-Open
New male-Open
Old female-Open
Old male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
3rd Oct - 14th Oct
10 day
New female-Open
New male-Open
Old female-Open
Old male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
14th Oct - 6th Nov Service Period
Female-Open
Male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For old students only
To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
18th Oct - 21st Oct
3 day
Female-Open
Male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For old students only To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
6th Nov - 17th Nov
10 day
New female-Open
New male-Open
Old female-Open
Old male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only


17th Nov - 18th Nov


TRUST MEETING Saturday : comitee meeting Sunday at 9h15 : Trust meeting, all members are welcome
Click here to apply
21st Nov - 2nd Dec
10 day
New female-Open
New male-Open
Old female-Open
Old male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
8th Dec - 17th Dec
Satipatthana Sutta course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For old students only; see course requirements To serve click here
Old student only
Click here to apply
21st Dec - 1st Jan
10 day
New female-Open
New male-Open
Old female-Open
Old male-Open

Dhamma Mahi For both new and old students To serve click here
Old student only

Dhamma Nilaya

Visit our Dhamma Nilaya website for more information on our courses.
Course Schedule 2012
Dates Course Type Status Place Comments Old students
Servers Needed
20th May 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/French
3rd Jun 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/Khmer
17th Jun 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/French
1st Jul 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/Khmer


8th Jul


TRUST MEETING For old students
15th Jul 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/French
5th Aug 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/Khmer
19th Aug 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/French
2nd Sep 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/Khmer
16th Sep 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/French
7th Oct 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/Khmer
21st Oct 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/French
4th Nov 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/Khmer
18th Nov 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/French


25th Nov


TRUST MEETING For old students
2nd Dec 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/Khmer
16th Dec 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saints (Seine et Marne) contacts:dnilaya@yahoo.fr For Old Students English/French

Brittany ( West )

For more information about courses in Brittany and West of France Here .
Course Schedule 2012
Dates Course Type Status Place Comments Old students
Servers Needed
10th Jun 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

For Old students

South West

For more information about courses in the South West Here .
Course Schedule 2012
Dates Course Type Status Place Comments Old students
Servers needed
10th Jun 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Saint Paul les Dax For Old students info contact:Dominique Ricochon E-mail : dominique-ricochon@orange.fr. Téléphones : 05 58 98 76 39 ou 06 98 76 81 81

South East

Visit our south east Website for more info on those courses.
Course schedule 2012
Dates Course Type Status Place Comments Old students
Servers Needed
10th Jun 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

For Old Students
Click here to apply
5th Nov - 16th Nov
10 day
New female-Open
New male-Open
Old female-Open
Old male-Open

Duniere sur Eyrieux To serve click here
Old student only

Paris

For More information about Paris courses Here.
Course schedule 2012
Dates Course Type Status Place Comments Old students
Servers Needed
28th May 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Paris XX For Old Students Marc Moinet : moinet.buchouxm@yahoo.fr ou 06 29 95 62 38 ou bien Marie Pradier : mariepradier@yahoo.fr ou 06 17 15 04 70
1st Jul 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Paris XX For Old Students Marc Moinet : moinet.buchouxm@yahoo.fr ou 06 29 95 62 38 ou bien Marie Pradier : mariepradier@yahoo.fr ou 06 17 15 04 70
2nd Sep 1 day course
Female-Open
Male-Open

Paris XX For Old Students Marc Moinet : moinet.buchouxm@yahoo.fr ou 06 29 95 62 38 ou bien Marie Pradier : mariepradier@yahoo.fr ou 06 17 15 04 70

Teenagers' & children's courses

2012 Course Schedule
Dates Course type Comments Place Old Students
Servers Needed

10th Jun

Children`s course Please visit our teenagers' and children's course page
for more information on these courses.
Dhamma Nilaya To serve click here
(adults only)

12th Jul - 15th Jul

Teen`s course (12-18 years) Language in french only Please visit our teenagers' and children's course page
for more information on these courses.
Dhamma Mahi To serve click here
(adults only)

14th Oct

Children`s course Please visit our teenagers' and children's course page
for more information on these courses.
Dhamma Nilaya To serve click here
(adults only)

27th Oct - 30th Oct

Teen`s course (12-18 years) Language in french only Please visit our teenagers' and children's course page
for more information on these courses.
Dhamma Mahi To serve click here
(adults only)

1st Nov - 4th Nov

Children`s course (8-11 years) Language in french only Please visit our teenagers' and children's course page
for more information on these courses.
Dhamma Mahi To serve click here
(adults only)


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: Contact Form

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 "To serve click here" 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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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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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 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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Teacher Self Course are open only to serious Old Students playing or likely to play an important role in the spread of Dhamma who are practicing Vipassana exclusively (not practicing any other meditation techniques), maintaining a daily practice of two hours per day, abstaining from killing, sexual misconduct, intoxicants and keeping other precepts to the best of one's ability. This requirements may change annually and admission subject to the descretion of S.N. Goenka.

Applications must be submitted well in advance as processing may take some time. Student who speak neither English or one of the other announced course languages may apply for the course, however acceptance into the course will depend on the availability of required course materials, suitable translators and permission of the teacher conducting the course.
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Teenagers' Anapana Courses are available for teens in different age ranges from 12-18 years old. Their parents/guardians do not have to be Vipassana meditators.
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Children's Anapana Courses are open for all children aged 8-11 years old who wish to learn to meditate. Their parents/guardians do not have to be meditators.
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