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.

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

2012 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve
Dates Course Type Status Comments
  Jan  9 - Jan 30 20-Day Completed For old students who meet these requirements
Apply Feb 16 - Feb 19 3-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Wait List
For old students
Apply Mar 28 - Apr  8 10-Day Admissions:Women — Closed
Admissions:Men — Closed
Apply Apr 11 - Apr 22 10-Day Admissions:Women — Closed
Admissions:Men — Closed
  May 17 - May 20 3-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  6, 2012
Applications start date will be announced soon.For old students
  May 30 - Jun 10 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  6, 2012
  Jun 13 - Jun 24 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  6, 2012
  Jun 27 - Jul  8 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  6, 2012
  Jul 11 - Jul 22 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  6, 2012
  Jul 25 - Aug  5 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
May 29, 2012
  Aug  8 - Aug 19 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
May 29, 2012
For old students who meet these requirements
  Aug 22 - Sep  2 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
May 29, 2012
  Sep  7 - Sep 16 Satipatthana Sutta  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
May 29, 2012
For old students who meet these requirements
  Sep 27 - Sep 30 3-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
May 29, 2012
For old students
  Oct  7 - Oct 28 20-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  6, 2012
For old students who meet these requirements
  Oct 31 - Nov 11 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Sep  4, 2012
  Nov 14 - Nov 25 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Sep  4, 2012
  Dec 11 - Dec 22 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Sep  4, 2012
  Dec 26, 2012 - Jan  6, 2013 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Sep  4, 2012

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.


Additional information about the Centro de Meditacion Vipassana and regional activities may be obtained from the Dhamma Makaranda Website.

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@makaranda.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.
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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 sat (not including courses served) 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 their meditation practice and the five precepts in their daily lives, at the very minimum from the time of applying to the course.
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20-day Courses are open only to serious Old Students committed to this technique who have completed a minimum of five 10-day courses , one Satipatthana Sutta course, given Dhamma Service at least one 10-day course, and have been practicing regularly for at least two years.

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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Special 10-day Courses are open only to serious Old Students committed to this technique who have completed a minimum of five 10-day courses, one Satipatthana Sutta course, given Dhamma Service at least one 10-day course, and have been practicing regularly for at least two years.

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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