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 AssociationPO Box 4061 St. Paul, MN 55104 Email: [email protected]
APPLICATION RESTRICTIONS
Please review before you apply
- Evidence of full vaccination against Covid-19 for all participants required.
- First-time students may sit, but not serve.
- Applications restricted to students within 1 day driving distance.
- No public transportation or rideshare.
- Students may apply to sit only one 10 Day course at a time, even if the other course is in another state or is a waitlisted enrollment.
- Multiple serving applications are welcome
- Please don't apply to sit if you have completed sitting a 10-Day course within the last 6 months
Travel:
At this time, to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone at the Center, we are unable to accept anyone who will be flying, car-pooling/ride share, or taking public transportation to the Center.
Diet:
Due to the extra demands on servers at this time, we regret that we are unable to accept servers or students who have special dietary requirements.
Various additional precautions are being taken at the Center to protect against the virus. These include: individual rooms, social distancing, assigned seats in dining hall, and requiring masks while in the Dhamma Hall.
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| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Sep 15 - Sep 26 |
Old Student course Male Servers Needed! |
Completed | Menomonie |
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| Oct 06 - Oct 17 |
Female Servers Needed! |
Completed | Menomonie |
New Course!!
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| Apply | Oct 29 - Oct 31 | Please Join us for a Dhamma Service Period to prepare the center for winter. No special skills required! | Servers - Open | Menomonie |
For old students Please review application restrictions at the top of the schedule page before you apply. |
| Apply | Nov 03 - Nov 14 | Please review application restrictions above, before you apply. | New Women - Wait List Old Women - Open Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Menomonie |
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| Apply | Nov 17 - Nov 28 | Please review application restrictions above, before you apply. | New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Menomonie |
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| Apply | Dec 03 - Dec 05 |
Course registration 3-5pm - 12-3 course ends at 5pm on 12-5 Please read course restrictions before you apply. |
New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open | Menomonie |
New Course!!For old students
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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://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.
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.
