Updated on 12-May-2008


How to Apply to a Course

  1. Access the application form by clicking on desired course date.
  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.

To apply for a course, please click on a convenient date in the course schedule below.

2008 Course Schedule
Dates Course Type Status Comments Old Student
Servers Needed?
9 Jan - 20 Jan 10-Day Completed  
23 Jan - 3 Feb 10-Day Completed  
6 Feb - 17 Feb 10-Day Completed  
1 Jan - 29 Feb Note Completed NOTE: If you apply to a course, please always check if our messages went to your Spam Box of your webmail, and check it as "No Spam" before reply our message.  
20 Feb - 2 Mar 10-Day Completed  
6 Mar - 15 Mar Satipatthana Sutta Completed For old students who meet these requirements(ends at 5 pm on March 14)  
15 Mar - 16 Mar Annual Meeting Completed For old studentsregistration & information: info@santi.dhamma.org  
19 Mar - 30 Mar 10-Day Completed  
30 Mar - 25 Jun Service Period In Progress For old students Yes
25 Jun - 6 Jul 10-Day Admissions: Women — Wait List
Admissions: Men — Open		 Yes
9 Jul - 20 Jul 10-Day Admissions: Women — Wait List
Admissions: Men — Open		 Yes
23 Jul - 3 Aug 10-Day Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 Yes
6 Aug - 17 Aug 10-Day Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 Yes
6 Sep - 27 Sep 20-Day Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students who meet these requirements Yes
27 Sep - 28 Sep Annual Meeting Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 For old students Yes
8 Oct - 19 Oct 10-Day Admissions: Women — Open
Admissions: Men — Open		 Yes
10 Dec - 21 Dec 10-Day Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
July 1, 2008
 Yes
27 Dec, 2008 - 7 Jan, 2009 10-Days Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
July 1, 2008
 Yes
 

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@santi.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 - 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 "Yes" 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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Old Student Programs are similar to Service Periods where there is time to work on a variety of Centre maintenance, construction, household and gardening projects, but have a more full and structured program, an opportunity to meet with assistant teachers, and possibly committee and trust meetings. All Old Students are welcome to participate. The daily program will include three group sittings with morning and afternoon work periods and in the evening there will be tapes played of special discourses and talks that S.N. Goenka has given to Old Students.
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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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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. Application for these courses must be made with a Long Course Application Form. 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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