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

2012 Course Schedule
Dates Course Type Status Comments Old Student
Servers Needed?
May  6 Teen Course  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  1, 2012
 

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.

2011 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve
Dates Course Type Status Comments
  Dec  7 - Dec 18 10-Day Completed The female assistant teacher conducting this course is fluent in English and Farsi.
  Dec 21, 2011 - Jan  1, 2012 10-Day Completed Registration priority is given to new students until 6 weeks before the start date. Old students may apply and will be waitlisted until 6 weeks before the start of the course, at which time spaces still available will be allocated to the old students in the order they have applied.
         
2012 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve
Dates Course Type Status Comments
  Jan  4 - Jan 15 10-Day Completed
  Jan 18 - Jan 29 10-Day Completed New students are encouraged to apply.
Apply Feb  1 - Feb 12 10-Day In Progress
Apply Feb 11 1-Day Course in Toronto (old students only) Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Wait List
For old students
Apply Feb 15 - Feb 26 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Wait List
Apply Feb 29 - Mar 11 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Mar 14 - Mar 18 3-Day Old Students' Course Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
"The male teacher is fluent in English, Hindi and Gujarati."For old students
Apply Mar 21 - Apr  1 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Apr  4 - Apr 15 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
The female assistant teacher conducting this course is fluent in English and Farsi.
Apply Apr 15 1-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students
Apply Apr 18 - Apr 29 10-Day Admissions:Women — Wait List
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Apr 29 - May  5 7-Day Service Period Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students
Apply May  9 - May 20 10-day Eng/Vietnamese Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
This course is conducted in two languages. You do not need to speak the primary language in order to take this course. Registration priority is given to students who do speak the primary language until 6 weeks before the start date. English-speaking students may apply and will be waitlisted until 6 weeks before the start of the course, at which time spaces still available will be allocated to the English-speaking students in the order they have applied.
Apply May 20 1-Day Old Students' Course Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
For old students
Apply May 23 - Jun  3 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Jun  6 - Jun 17 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
Apply Jun 20 - Jul  1 10-Day Admissions:Women — Open
Admissions:Men — Open
  Jul  6 - Jul 15 8-Day Satipatthana Course  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  1, 2012
For old students who meet these requirements
  Jul 18 - Jul 29 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Mar  1, 2012
  Aug  1 - Aug 12 10-Day Mandarin/English  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Apr  1, 2012
This course is conducted in two languages. You do not need to speak the primary language in order to take this course. Registration priority is given to students who do speak the primary language until 6 weeks before the start date. English-speaking students may apply and will be waitlisted until 6 weeks before the start of the course, at which time spaces still available will be allocated to the English-speaking students in the order they have applied.
  Aug 15 - Aug 26 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Apr  1, 2012
The female assistant teacher conducting this course is fluent in English and Burmese.
  Aug 29 - Sep  2 3-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
May  1, 2012
For old students
  Sep  5 - Sep 16 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
May  1, 2012
The female assistant teacher conducting this course is fluent in English and Sinhalese.
  Sep 22 - Sep 28 7-Day Service Period  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
May  1, 2012
For old students
Sep 30, 2012   Open House
  Oct  3 - Oct 14 10-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jun  1, 2012
  Oct 14 1-Day  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jun  1, 2012
For old students
  Oct 17 - Oct 28 10-Day Hindi/English  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jun  1, 2012
This course is conducted in two languages. You do not need to speak the primary language in order to take this course. Registration priority is given to students who do speak the primary language until 6 weeks before the start date. English-speaking students may apply and will be waitlisted until 6 weeks before the start of the course, at which time spaces still available will be allocated to the English-speaking students in the order they have applied.
  Oct 28 - Nov  3 7-Day Service Period  Registration
 Not Yet Open
Applications accepted after
Jul  1, 2012
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: dhamma-service@torana.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 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, and who 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.
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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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