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.

2009 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve
Dates Course Type Status Comments
   1-Jan - 12-Jan 10-Day Completed
  15-Jan - 26-Jan 10-Day Completed
  30-Jan -  2-Feb 3-Day Completed For old students
   1-Feb - 12-Feb 10-Day  COURSE
 CANCELLED
  15-Feb - 26-Feb 10-Day Completed
   1-Mar - 12-Mar 10-Day Completed
  15-Mar - 23-Mar 8-Day Completed For old students who meet these requirements
  26-Mar - 29-Mar 3-Day Completed For old students
   1-Apr - 12-Apr 10-Day Completed
  15-Apr - 26-Apr 10-Day Completed
   1-May - 12-May 10-Day Completed
  15-May - 26-May 10-Day Completed
  31-May Children/Teen's Course Completed 10 - 15 years of age
   1-Jun - 12-Jun 10-Day Completed
  15-Jun - 26-Jun 10-Day Completed
   1-Jul - 12-Jul 10-Day Completed
  15-Jul - 23-Jul 8-Day Completed For old students who meet these requirements
  24-Jul - 27-Jul 3-Day Completed For old students
   1-Aug - 12-Aug 10-Day Completed
  14-Aug - 17-Aug 3-Day Completed For old students
   1-Sep - 12-Sep 10-Day Completed
  15-Sep - 26-Sep 10-Day Completed
  27-Sep Children's One Day Course (English) Completed 10 - 18 years of age
   1-Oct - 12-Oct 10-Day Completed
  15-Oct - 23-Oct 8-Day Completed For old students who meet these requirements
  24-Oct - 27-Oct 3-Day Completed For old students
   1-Nov - 12-Nov 10-Day Completed
Apply 15-Nov - 26-Nov 10-Day In Progress
Apply  1-Dec - 12-Dec 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Wait List
Apply 15-Dec - 23-Dec 8-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students who meet these requirements
Apply 24-Dec - 27-Dec 3-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Note: New Dates!
For old students
         
2010 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve
Dates Course Type Status Comments
Apply  1-Jan - 12-Jan 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
  15-Jan - 26-Jan 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
25-Nov-2009
Apply 27-Jan - 30-Jan 3-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students
  31-Jan Children's One Day Course (English) Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10 - 18 years of age
Apply  1-Feb - 12-Feb 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Feb - 26-Feb 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
  28-Feb Children's One Day Course (English) Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10 - 18 years of age
Apply  1-Mar - 12-Mar 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Mar - 23-Mar Satipatthana Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students who meet these requirements
  25-Mar - 28-Mar C.C.T. Workshop Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply  1-Apr - 12-Apr 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Apr - 26-Apr 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply  1-May - 12-May 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-May - 26-May 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 27-May - 30-May 3-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students
Apply  1-Jun - 12-Jun 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Jun - 26-Jun 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
  27-Jun Children's One Day Course (English) Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10 - 18 years of age
Apply  1-Jul - 12-Jul 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Jul - 26-Jul 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 27-Jul - 30-Jul 3-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students
Apply  1-Aug - 12-Aug 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Aug - 26-Aug 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 27-Aug - 30-Aug 3-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students
Apply  1-Sep - 12-Sep 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 17-Sep - 20-Sep 3-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students
  26-Sep Children's One Day Course (English) Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10 - 18 years of age
Apply  1-Oct - 12-Oct 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Oct - 26-Oct 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
  31-Oct Children's One Day Course (English) Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10 - 18 years of age
Apply  1-Nov - 12-Nov 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Nov - 26-Nov 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
  28-Nov Children's One Day Course (English) Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
10 - 18 years of age
Apply  1-Dec - 12-Dec 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply 15-Dec - 23-Dec Satipatthana Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students who meet these requirements
Apply 24-Dec - 27-Dec 3-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For 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@paphulla.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 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.
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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.
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