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?
May 29 - May 30 www.pakasa.dhamma.org/children_course.shtml Admissions:Girls — Open
Admissions:Boys — Open		 Please visit our Children's/Teens' Course page for more information. www.pakasa.dhamma.org/children_course.shtml Yes
Jul 18 www.pakasa.dhamma.org/children_course.shtml Admissions:Girls — Open
Admissions:Boys — Open		 Please visit our Children's/Teens' Course page for more information.  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
  Dec 23, 2009 - Jan  3, 2010 10-Day Completed
         
2010 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve		 Dates Course Type Status Comments
  Jan  4 - Jan  8 Work Period Completed For old students
  Jan 13 - Jan 24 10-Day Completed
  Jan 27 - Feb  7 10-Day Completed
  Feb 10 - Feb 21 10-Day Completed
  Feb 22 - Feb 28 Work-Period Completed For old students
  Mar  3 - Mar 14 10-Day Completed
Apply Mar 17 - Mar 21 3-Day For Old Students In Progress For old students
Apply Mar 24 - Apr  4 10-Day Admissions:Women — Short Wait List
Admissions:Men — Short Wait List
Apply Apr  5 - Apr 11 Work Period
For old students
Apply Apr 14 - Apr 25 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Short Wait List
Apply Apr 28 - May  9 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply May 13 - May 22 Satipatthana Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 For old students who meet these requirements
May 23, 2010   Open House
Apply Jun  2 - Jun 13 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Jun 16 - Jun 27 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Jun 30 - Jul 11 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 English/Nepali
Apply Jul 12 - Jul 18 Service Period- Tentative
In need of Coordinator, please call 815-489-0420-For old students
Apply Jul 21 - Aug  1 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Aug  4 - Aug  8 3-Day For Old Students Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 For old students
Apply Aug 11 - Aug 22 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Aug 25 - Sep  5 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Sep  8 - Sep 12 3-Day For Old Students Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 For old students
Apply Sep 13 - Sep 21 Service Period- Tentative
In need of Coordinator, please call 815-489-0420-For old students
  Sep 22 - Oct  3 10-Day Spanish/English Bilingual Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
Mar 22, 2010
Spanish/English; First priority to Spanish speakers
  Oct  6 - Oct 17 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
Apr  6, 2010
  Oct 20 - Oct 31 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
Apr 20, 2010
  Nov  1 - Nov  9 Service Period- Tentative Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
May  1, 2010
In need of Coordinator, please call 815-489-0420-For old students
  Nov 10 - Nov 21 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
May 10, 2010
  Nov 24 - Dec  5 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
May 24, 2010
  Dec  8 - Dec 19 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
Jun  8, 2010
  Dec 22, 2010 - Jan  2, 2011 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
Jun 22, 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.

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@pakasa.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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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 children 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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