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
Dhamma Visuddhi is situated on 15 acres of forested property on the bluffs overlooking the Red Cedar river and the town of Menomonie, Wisconsin. The site is within the city limits, and yet very quiet and secluded. Dhamma Visuddhi, a name that means ‘Purity of Dhamma’, is a little more than one hour east of the Minneapolis/ Saint Paul airport in a traditional dairy farming area of western Wisconsin, and is easily reached by regularly scheduled public transportation.
- 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.
Address: Minnesota Vipassana Association PO Box 4061 St. Paul, MN 55104 Email: [email protected]
A student may apply to sit no more than two courses and be accepted into only 1 during the same time frame. Any additional applications will not be processed.
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| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply | Feb 13 - Feb 24 | 10-Day | In Progress | Menomonie | |
| Apply | Feb 27 - Mar 03 | 3-Day | New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open | Menomonie |
For old students |
| Apply | Mar 09 | 1-Day | New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open | Menomonie |
For old students |
| Apply | Mar 10 | Dhamma Service Cooking Day | Servers - Open | Menomonie |
For old students Join us for a day in the kitchen! This is a great opportunity to spend time with other local old students while becoming more familiar with the center kitchen. No experience needed! |
| Apply | Mar 13 - Mar 24 | 10-Day | Women - Wait List Men - Open Servers - Open | Menomonie | Servers Needed! |
| Apply | Apr 05 - Apr 14 | Satipatthana Sutta | New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open | Menomonie |
For old students Servers Needed! |
| Apply | Apr 17 - Apr 21 | Service Period | Servers - Open | Menomonie |
For old students |
| Apply | Apr 24 - May 05 | 10-Day | Open | Menomonie | Servers Needed! |
| Apply | May 15 - May 26 | 10-Day | Open | Menomonie | Servers Needed! |
| Apply | Jun 02 | Dhamma Service Cooking Day | Servers - Open | Menomonie |
For old students Join us for a day in the kitchen! This is a great opportunity to spend time with other local old students while becoming more familiar with the center kitchen. No experience needed! |
| Jun 05 - Jun 16 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Mar 05 | Menomonie | Servers Needed! | |
| Jun 26 - Jul 07 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Mar 26 | Menomonie | Servers Needed! | |
| Jul 10 - Jul 21 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Mar 12 | Menomonie | Servers Needed! | |
| Jul 31 - Aug 11 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Apr 02 | Menomonie | Servers Needed! | |
| Aug 18 | Dhamma Service Cooking Day | Applications accepted starting Apr 20 | Menomonie |
For old students Join us for a day in the kitchen! This is a great opportunity to spend time with other local old students while becoming more familiar with the center kitchen. No experience needed! |
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| Aug 30 - Sep 02 | 3-Day | Applications accepted starting May 02 | Menomonie |
For old students |
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| Sep 18 - Sep 29 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting May 21 | Menomonie | Servers Needed! | |
| Oct 09 - Oct 13 | Service Period | Applications accepted starting Jun 11 | Menomonie |
For old students |
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| Oct 16 - Oct 27 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Jun 18 | Menomonie | Servers Needed! | |
| Nov 10 | Dhamma Service Cooking Day | Applications accepted starting Aug 11 | Menomonie |
For old students Join us for a day in the kitchen! This is a great opportunity to spend time with other local old students while becoming more familiar with the center kitchen. No experience needed! |
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| Nov 20 - Dec 01 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Jul 23 | Menomonie | Servers Needed! | |
| Dec 06 - Dec 08 | 2-Day | Applications accepted starting Aug 08 | Menomonie |
For old students This course begins Friday night and ends Sunday at 5pm. |
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| December 26, 2019 - January 06, 2020 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting Sep 26 | Menomonie |
Servers Needed! |
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://www.visuddhi.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.
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.
