Wheel of Dhamma

Mid-Atlantic Vipassana Association
Offering courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
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Pubbananda
Dhamma Pubbananda, Claymont, Delaware, United States
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** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English

Dhamma Pubbananda (Joy of the East), is the first urban center in North America. Situated on 13 acres in a quiet residential neighborhood, it is owned and operated by the Mid-Atlantic Vipassana Association. Since its purchase in 2013, it has undergone extensive renovations and we are able to provide 30 of our 60 students with private rooms and en suite bathrooms in addition to a small pagoda with 30 cells. The master plan includes completion of another 30 private rooms and cells as well as a larger Dhamma Hall and Teacher’s residence. 

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.
Additional information

Dhamma Pubbananda

2901 Green Street, Claymont, DE 19703, USA

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 202-556-3882 (202-55-METTA)  

Please check your SPAM folder regularly after applying so that you do not miss any important communications regarding your registration.

Courses will open at 8:00 AM EST on the day specified.

 

Effective September 29, 2021, Dhamma Pubbananda will require that all students, servers, teachers, and staff be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Check this link for the latest updates on how the center is responding.

A student may apply to only one course at a time in this region regardless of the center location or waiting list status. 
 
Teenagers' and Children's Courses
Courses for young people.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
No courses are currently scheduled.
 
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.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
2021 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
Apply Nov 24 - Nov 28 3-Day In Progress Claymont For old students
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apply Nov 29 - Dec 20 20-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open Claymont For old students
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apply Dec 20 - Dec 22 Service Period Servers - Open Claymont For old students
No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apply December 22, 2021 - January 02, 2022 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Wait List Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
2022 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
Apply Jan 02 - Jan 05 Service Period Servers - Open Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apply Jan 05 - Jan 16 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apply Jan 16 - Jan 19 Service Period Servers - Open Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apply Jan 19 - Jan 30 10-Day Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Female Server - Open Male Server - Wait List Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jan 30 - Feb 02 Service Period Applications accepted starting Dec 01 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Feb 02 - Feb 13 10-Day Applications accepted starting Dec 04 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Feb 13 - Feb 16 Service Period Applications accepted starting Dec 15 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Feb 16 - Feb 27 10-Day Applications accepted starting Dec 18 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Feb 27 - Mar 02 Service Period Applications accepted starting Dec 29 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Mar 02 - Mar 13 10-Day Applications accepted starting Jan 01 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Mar 13 - Mar 16 Service Period Applications accepted starting Jan 12 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Mar 16 - Mar 20 3-Day Applications accepted starting Jan 15 Claymont For old students
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Mar 20 - Mar 23 Service Period Applications accepted starting Jan 19 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Mar 23 - Apr 03 10-Day Applications accepted starting Jan 22 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apr 03 - Apr 06 Service Period Applications accepted starting Feb 02 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apr 06 - Apr 17 10-Day Applications accepted starting Feb 05 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apr 17 - Apr 20 Service Period Applications accepted starting Feb 16 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Apr 20 - May 01 10-Day Applications accepted starting Feb 19 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
May 01 - May 11 Service Period Applications accepted starting Mar 02 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
May 11 - May 15 3-Day Applications accepted starting Mar 12 Claymont For old students
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
May 15 - May 18 Service Period Applications accepted starting Mar 16 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
May 18 - May 29 10-Day Applications accepted starting Mar 19 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
May 29 - Jun 01 Service Period Applications accepted starting Mar 30 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jun 01 - Jun 10 Satipatthana Sutta
English / Khmer 		Applications accepted starting Apr 02 Claymont For old students
  1. Priority given to Khmer students. Non-Khmer speakers will be initially waitlisted.
  2. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  3. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jun 10 - Jun 15 Service Period Applications accepted starting Apr 11 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jun 15 - Jun 26 10-Day Applications accepted starting Apr 16 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jun 26 - Jun 29 Service Period Applications accepted starting Apr 27 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jun 29 - Jul 10 10-Day
English / Nepali 		Applications accepted starting Apr 30 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Priority given to Nepali students. Non-Nepali speakers will be initially waitlisted.
  2. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  3. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jul 10 - Jul 13 Service Period Applications accepted starting May 11 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jul 13 - Jul 24 10-Day
English / Khmer 		Applications accepted starting May 14 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Priority given to Khmer students. Non-Khmer speakers will be initially waitlisted.
  2. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  3. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jul 24 - Jul 27 Service Period Applications accepted starting May 25 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jul 27 - Jul 31 3-Day Applications accepted starting May 28 Claymont For old students
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Jul 31 - Aug 03 Service Period Applications accepted starting Jun 01 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Aug 03 - Aug 14 10-Day Applications accepted starting Jun 04 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Aug 14 - Aug 17 Service Period Applications accepted starting Jun 15 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Aug 17 - Aug 28 10-Day Applications accepted starting Jun 18 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Aug 28 - Aug 31 Service Period Applications accepted starting Jun 29 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Aug 31 - Sep 11 10-Day Applications accepted starting Jul 02 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Sep 11 - Sep 14 Service Period Applications accepted starting Jul 13 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Sep 14 - Sep 25 10-Day
English / Vietnamese 		Applications accepted starting Jul 16 Claymont For new and old students
  1. Priority given to Vietnamese students. Non-Vietnamese speakers will be initially waitlisted.
  2. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  3. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Sep 25 - Sep 28 Service Period Applications accepted starting Jul 27 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Sep 28 - Oct 09 10-Day Applications accepted starting Jul 30 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Oct 09 - Oct 12 Service Period Applications accepted starting Aug 10 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Oct 12 - Oct 21 Satipatthana Sutta Applications accepted starting Aug 13 Claymont For old students
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Nov 02 - Nov 13 10-Day Applications accepted starting Sep 03 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Nov 13 - Nov 18 Service Period Applications accepted starting Sep 14 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Nov 18 - Dec 09 20-Day Applications accepted starting Sep 19 Claymont For old students
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Dec 09 - Dec 14 Service Period Applications accepted starting Oct 10 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Dec 14 - Dec 18 3-Day Applications accepted starting Oct 15 Claymont For old students
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
Dec 18 - Dec 21 Service Period Applications accepted starting Oct 19 Claymont For old students

  1. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
December 21, 2022 - January 01, 2023 10-Day Applications accepted starting Oct 22 Claymont For new and old students.
  1. Due to our Coronavirus screening process all applicants will be initially waitlisted.
  2. No public transportation to the Center is permitted.
 
 

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. 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 http://pubbananda.dhamma.org/os. A user name and password will be required to access these pages.

Questions may be addressed to Email: [email protected]

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.

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.

Meditation courses are held at both center and non-center locations. Meditation centers are dedicated facilities where courses are held regularly throughout the year. Before meditation centers were established in this tradition, all courses were held at temporary sites, such as campgrounds, religious retreat centers, churches and the like. Today, in regions where centers have not yet been established by local students of Vipassana who live in the area, 10 Day meditation courses are held at non-center course sites.

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 7:30 am.

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.

Applications must be submitted well in advance as processing may take some time. Students who speak neither English nor 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.

Satipatthana Sutta Courses have the same timetable and discipline as 10-day courses. 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.

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.

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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