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.

2011 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve		 Dates Course Type Status Comments
   8 Jan - 14 Jan Work Week Completed
  19 Jan 1-Day (FULL MOON DAY) Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  22 Jan -  2 Feb 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
   5 Feb - 16 Feb 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
  17 Feb 1-Day (FULL MOON DAY) Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  24 Feb - 27 Feb 3-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
   5 Mar - 16 Mar 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
  19 Mar 1-Day (FULL MOON DAY) Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  26 Mar -  6 Apr 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
  17 Apr 1-Day (FULL MOON DAY) Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  19 Apr - 30 Apr 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
   4 May - 15 May 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
  17 May 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  25 May -  5 Jun 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
  15 Jun 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  23 Jun - 26 Jun 3-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
   1 Jul - 12 Jul 10-Day - Only for Bhikkhus Completed English/Sinhala
  14 Jul 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  20 Jul - 31 Jul 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
   4 Aug -  7 Aug AT Workshop Completed English/Sinhala
  13 Aug 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  17 Aug - 28 Aug 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
   2 Sep -  5 Sep 3-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  11 Sep 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  14 Sep - 25 Sep 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
  11 Oct 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  15 Oct - 26 Oct 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
   3 Nov -  6 Nov 3-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  10 Nov 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  12 Nov - 23 Nov 10-Day Completed English/Tamil
  30 Nov -  8 Dec Satipatthana Sutta Completed For old students who meet these requirementsEnglish/Sinhala
  10 Dec 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  14 Dec - 25 Dec 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
  29 Dec, 2011 -  1 Jan, 2012 3-Day Completed For old studentsSinhala/English
         
2012 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve		 Dates Course Type Status Comments
   9 Jan 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
  11 Jan - 22 Jan 10-Day Completed English/Sinhala
   7 Feb 1-Day Completed For old studentsEnglish/Sinhala
Apply  9 Feb - 20 Feb 10-Day In Progress English/Sinhala
Apply  8 Mar 1-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 English/SinhalaFor old students
Apply 10 Mar - 21 Mar 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 English/Sinhala
Apply 18 Apr - 29 Apr 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open		 English/Sinhala

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@sobha.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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