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.

2010 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve		 Dates Course Type Status Comments
  Mar  3 - Mar 14 10-Day Completed Servers are Needed
  Mar 14 Trust Meeting Completed Open to all old students, group sitting at 9AM meeting begins at 10:30
Apply Mar 17 - Mar 28 10-Day In Progress Servers are Needed
  Apr 10 1 Day Old Student Course
At Sonoma State University, Stevenson Hall 3rd. FloorFor old students
Apply Apr  7 - Apr 18 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Wait List		 Servers are Needed
Apply Apr 23 - May  2 Satipatthana Sutta Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are NeededFor old students who meet these requirements
  May 14 - May 20 Work Period
For old students in Dhamma Manda
  May 16 Trust Meeting
Open to all old students, group sitting at 9AM meeting begins at 10:30 in Dhamma Manda
Apply May 20 - May 23 3-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are NeededFor old students
Apply Jun  2 - Jun 13 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are Needed
  Jun 12 1 Day Old Student Course
At Sonoma State University, Stevenson Hall 3rd FloorFor old students
Apply Jun 16 - Jun 27 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are Needed
  Jun 27 Trust Meeting
Open to all old students, group sitting at 9AM meeting begins at 10:30 in Dhamma Manda
Apply Jul  2 - Jul  5 3 Day Old Student Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are neededFor old students
Apply Jul 14 - Jul 25 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are needed
Apply Jul 28 - Aug  8 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are needed
  Aug 14 1 Day Old Student Course
At Sonoma State UniversityFor old students
Apply Aug 18 - Aug 29 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are needed
Apply Sep  1 - Sep 12 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers are needed
  Sep 12 - Oct  5 Work Period
Plese send an email to registration@manda.dhamma.org with your full name and dates attending.For old students in Dhamma Manda
  Sep 19 Trust Meeting
Open to all old students, group sitting at 9AM meeting begins at 10:30 in Dhamma Manda
Apply Oct  6 - Oct 17 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers Needed in Dhamma Manda
  Oct  9 1 Day Old Student Course
At Sonoma State University, Stevenson Hall 3rd FloorFor old students
Apply Oct 27 - Nov  7 Satipatthana Sutta Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 Servers NeededFor old students who meet these requirements in Dhamma Manda
  Nov  7 Trust Meeting
Open to all old students, group sitting at 9AM meeting begins at 10:30 in Dhamma Manda
  Nov 10 - Nov 21 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
May  1, 2010
Servers Needed in Dhamma Manda
  Nov 25 - Nov 28 3-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
May  1, 2010
 in Dhamma Manda
  Dec  1 - Dec 12 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
May  1, 2010
Servers Needed in Dhamma Manda
  Dec 11 1 Day Old Student Course
At Sonoma State University, Stevenson Hall 3rd FloorFor old students

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.

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: info@manda.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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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, and who are trying to maintain the five precepts in their daily lives.
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