in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Course Schedule
Center Location: Website | Map
** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English
The Center is located just North of Joshua Tree National Park in Twentynine Palms, CA. It is a 2-1/2 hr. drive from the Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan areas. It is possible to reach the Center using public transportation with careful planning in advance, but requires multiple buses that run on a limited schedule and a full day of travel. The ride share board is the recommended option.
- Access the application form by clicking Apply for the desired course. Old students will be given the option to serve.
- Please carefully read the Introduction to the Technique and Code of Discipline which you will be asked to follow during your course.
- Fully and completely fill out all the sections of application form and submit it. An application is required to register for all courses.
- 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.
- If your application is accepted then we require you to confirm you will be attending in order to secure your place in the course.
| Southern California Vipassana Center P.O. Box 486 Joshua Tree, CA 92252 USA Email: [email protected] Phone: [1](760) 362-4615 | Children / Teenager's Course Registration Phone: [1](760) 362-4615 Email: [email protected] http://www.vaddhana.dhamma.org/children-teens/children-main.html |
Registration opens for all courses at 7:00am Pacific Time.
Covid-19 protocol
- All course students and servers are required to provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 and a negative PCR test result taken no more than 5 days prior to the course date. (digital copy ok)
- All in-between course service period servers are required to provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 (digital copy ok). In addition either a negative PCR test result taken no more than 5 days prior to coming to the center or agreement to wearing a mask and socially distancing while at the center is required.
- We ask that students and servers not use public transportation (trains, buses and planes) before the course to come to SCVC.
- Emergency contact person must be within driving distance of SCVC.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Nov 17 - Nov 28 | 10-Day | In Progress | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. | |
| Apply | Nov 29 - Dec 01 | Service Period | Servers - Open | Twentynine Palms |
For old students Need servers for this service period To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Apply | Dec 01 - Dec 12 | 10-Day | Women - Closed Men - Closed Female Server - Closed Male Server - Wait List | Twentynine Palms |
Need Servers for this Course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Apply | Dec 13 - Dec 15 | Service Period | Female Server - Wait List Male Server - Open | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Apply | Dec 15 - Dec 26 | 10-Day | Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Wait List | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Apply | Dec 27 - Dec 29 | Service Period | Servers - Open | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Apply | December 29, 2021 - January 09, 2022 | 10-Day | Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Wait List | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Jan 09 | Board of Trustees Meeting | Closed | Twentynine Palms |
For old students Both virtual and in-person meeting attendance is welcome. Those interested in attending in-person must RSVP at least 2 days before by contacting registration(at)vaddhana.dhamma.org All in-person meeting attendees must provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19. While at the center for the trust meeting participants will be required to wear mask and socially distance. For more information to attend virtually, please contact [email protected] |
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| Apply | Jan 10 - Jan 12 | Service Period | Servers - Open | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Apply | Jan 12 - Jan 23 |
10-Day
English / Vietnamese |
Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Wait List | Twentynine Palms |
Priority will be given to Vietnamese students. Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Apply | Jan 24 - Jan 26 | Service Period | Servers - Open | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Apply | Jan 26 - Feb 06 | 10-Day | Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
| Feb 07 - Feb 09 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Dec 07 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Feb 09 - Feb 20 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Dec 09 | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. | |
| Feb 21 - Feb 23 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Dec 21 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Feb 23 - Feb 27 | 3-Day | Applications accepted starting Dec 23 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Feb 28 - Mar 04 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Dec 28 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help with variety of tasks including deep cleaning, maintenance and landscaping. Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Mar 04 - Mar 06 | Annual Board of Trustees Retreat | Applications accepted starting Feb 04 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students For more information to attend, please contact [email protected] |
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| Mar 09 - Mar 20 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Jan 09 | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. | |
| Mar 21 - Mar 25 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Jan 21 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help with variety of tasks including deep cleaning, maintenance and landscaping. Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Mar 25 - Apr 02 |
Satipatthana Sutta
English / Vietnamese |
Applications accepted starting Jan 25 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Apr 04 - Apr 06 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Feb 04 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Apr 06 - Apr 17 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Feb 06 | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. | |
| Apr 18 - Apr 20 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Feb 18 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Apr 20 - May 01 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Feb 20 | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. | |
| May 02 - May 04 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Mar 02 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| May 04 - May 15 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Mar 04 | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. | |
| May 16 - May 18 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Mar 16 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| May 18 - May 29 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Mar 18 | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. | |
| May 30 - Jun 01 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Mar 30 | Twentynine Palms |
For old students To help prepare the Center for the next course Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
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| Jun 01 - Jun 12 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Apr 01 | Twentynine Palms | Please see top of the page for COVID-19 protocols. |
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
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://vaddhana.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.
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.
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.
