Updated on 9-Feb-2012

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How to apply for a course

  1. Access the application form by clicking on APPLY in the left hand column.
  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 email if you give an email 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' & children's courses

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

2012 Course Schedule
Apply Dates Course Type Status Location/Language Comments
Apply 20. Apr - 22.Apr 2012 2 days course (for children & adults)
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE Serving on that course
(Adult Old Students)
Apply 21. Sept - 23. Sept 2012 2 days course (for children & adults)
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR Serving on that course
(Adult Old Students)

 

Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

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

2012 Course Schedule
Apply Dates Course Type Status Location/Language Comments
Apply 08. Feb - 19.Feb 2012 10 day
New female-Closed
New male-Closed
Old female-Closed
Old male-Closed
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For both new and old students
Apply 19. Feb - 19. Feb 2012 Meeting of Meditators (for old students only)
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil EN,FR,DE
Apply 22. Feb - 04.Mar 2012 10 day
Female-Closed
Male-Closed
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students
Apply 07. Mar - 18. Mar 2012 10 day
Female-Closed
Male-Closed
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For both new and old students
Apply 23. Mar - 01.Apr 2012 Satipatthana Sutta course
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For old students only; for requirements please have a look at Satipatthana Sutta courses
Apply 04. April - 15. April 2012 10 day
Female-Closed
Male-Closed
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students
Apply 15. Apr - 15. Apr 2012 Meeting of Meditators
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil EN,FR,DE
Apply 09. May - 20. May 2012 10 day
Female-WaitList
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For both new and old students
Apply 25. May - 28. May 2012 3 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For old students only
Apply 02. Jun - 02. Jun 2012 Meeting of Meditators
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil EN,FR,DE
Apply 06. Jun - 17. Jun 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students
Apply 20. Jun - 01. Jui. 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For both new and old students
Apply 05. Jul - 09. Jul 2012 EUPOPEAN TRUST MEETING
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR,DE
Apply 11. Jul - 22. Jul 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students
Apply 26. Jul. - 29. Jul 2012 3 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For old students only
Apply 31. Jul - 11. Aug 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For both new and old students
Apply 11. Aug - 11. Aug 2012 Meeting of Meditators
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR,DE
Apply 15, Aug - 26. Aug 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students
Apply 29. Aug - 09. Sept 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For both new and old students
Apply 13.Sept - 16. Sept 2012 3 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For old students only
Apply 26. Sept - 07. Oct 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students
Apply 10. Oct - 21. Oct 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students
Apply 21. Oct - 21. Oct 2012 Meeting of Meditators
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR,DE
Apply 24. Oct - 04. Nov 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For both new and old students
Apply 09. Nov - 18. Nov 2012 Satipatthana Sutta course
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For old students only; for requirements please have a look at Satipatthana Sutta courses
Apply 21. Nov - 02. Dec 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students
Apply 02. Dec - 02. Dec 2012 Meeting of Meditators
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR,DE
Apply 05. Dec - 16. Dec 2012 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,FR For both new and old students
Apply 22. Dec 2012 - 02. Jan 2013 10 day
Female-Open
Male-Open
Mont Soleil - EN,DE For both new and old students

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  info@sumeru.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 at least one 10-day Vipassana Meditation course with S.N. Goenka or his Assistant Teachers.



Dhamma Service Old students have the opportunity to provide Dhamma Service at the courses listed above.
To apply for Dhamma Service please click APPLY at the course you want to give service.
You can choose giving "service" during the registration process.

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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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Sit & Serve 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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Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta courses have the same timetable and discipline as 10-day course. The difference is that in the taped evening discourses the Satipaṭṭhāna 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 sat (not including courses served)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, are trying to maintain their meditation practice and the five precepts in their daily lives at the very minimum from the time of applying to the course [back to course schedule]


Children's Anapana 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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