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Dhamma Aloka
Offering courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
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Aloka
Dhamma Aloka, Woori Yallock, Victoria, Australia
Centre Location: Website | Map
** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English

Dhamma Aloka (Light of Dhamma) was purchased in 1995 after years of searching for a site. The property is at Woori Yallock (“running stream” in the local Aboriginal language), one hour’s drive east of Melbourne and only ten kilometres from the renowned Healesville wildlife sanctuary.

The centre is on a hill which adjoins a reserve on the banks of the Yarra river, with an outlook across lush river flats towards mountain ranges. The eighteen acre site has a Dhamma Hall with 22 meditation cells, kitchen and dining room complex, accommodation with single rooms and dormitories, a toilet-shower block. It is mostly cleared with a fringe of ti-tree and eucalypt forest. The impression is one of seclusion and tranquillity.

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

Vipassana Centre Victoria
Dhamma Aloka
PO Box 11, Woori Yallock VIC 3139

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +61 (03) 5961 5722

Only one application for a 10 DAY COURSE will be processed at a time.

Applications for all courses will open around 8:00pm (9:00pm daylight saving time) on the scheduled opening date.

Selection is randomised giving priority to Dhamma Aloka applicants who were not selected previously.
Note: the 'Apply*' link will not be visible until then. The actual opening time may be some time later, due to the automated nature of the system. You will need to refresh this page to see any link changes, as this page does not auto-refresh.

 

The Vipassana Centre Dhamma Ujjala in S.A. .is now open to the old and new students of Victoria. Check the policy message above our Course Schedule before applying. We have accommodation for longer stay dhamma workers in the tranquil Clare valley. We transport to and from Adelaide airport. Call Gerry on 0414964743 for more information.

 
Short Courses
1-Day, 2-Day, and 3-Day courses are short courses for old students.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
2023 Short Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
Apply* 04 Jun 1-Day Closed St Kilda For old students
Apply* 18 Jun 1-Day Women - Closed Men - Open Servers - Wait List Brunswick East For old students
Apply* 02 Jul 1-Day Women - Filling Up Men - Open Servers - Closed St Kilda For old students
Apply* 06 Jul - 09 Jul 3-Day Women - Long Wait List Men - Filling Up Female Server - Long Wait List Male Server - Open Woori Yallock For old students
Apply* 16 Jul 1-Day Open Brunswick East For old students
06 Aug 1-Day Applications accepted starting 22 Jun St Kilda For old students
20 Aug 1-Day Applications accepted starting 06 Jul Brunswick East For old students
03 Sep 1-Day Applications accepted starting 20 Jul St Kilda For old students
15 Sep - 18 Sep 3-Day Applications accepted starting 17 Jun Woori Yallock For old students
17 Sep 1-Day Applications accepted starting 03 Aug Brunswick East For old students
01 Oct 1-Day Applications accepted starting 17 Aug St Kilda For old students
15 Oct 1-Day Applications accepted starting 31 Aug Brunswick East For old students
21 Oct 1-Day Applications accepted starting 06 Sep Woori Yallock For old students
05 Nov 1-Day Applications accepted starting 21 Sep St Kilda For old students
09 Nov - 12 Nov 3-Day Applications accepted starting 11 Aug Woori Yallock For old students
19 Nov 1-Day Applications accepted starting 05 Oct Brunswick East For old students
02 Dec 1-Day Applications accepted starting 18 Oct Woori Yallock For old students
03 Dec 1-Day Applications accepted starting 19 Oct St Kilda For old students
17 Dec 1-Day Applications accepted starting 02 Nov Brunswick East For old students
 
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.
2023 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
Apply* 31 May - 11 Jun 10-Day In Progress Woori Yallock
SERVERS URGENTLY NEEDED
Apply* 14 Jun - 25 Jun 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Short Wait List Men - Short Wait List Servers - Open Woori Yallock
SERVERS URGENTLY NEEDED
Apply* 25 Jun - 05 Jul Work Period Servers - Open Woori Yallock For old students
Apply* 10 Jul - 19 Jul Work Period Servers - Open Woori Yallock For old students
Apply* 19 Jul - 30 Jul 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Short Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Short Wait List Servers - Open Woori Yallock
Apply* 02 Aug - 13 Aug 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Filling Up New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open Woori Yallock
Apply* 16 Aug - 27 Aug 10-Day New Women - Long Wait List Old Women - Open New Men - Long Wait List Old Men - Open Servers - Open Woori Yallock
Apply* 30 Aug - 10 Sep 10-Day New Women - Filling Up Old Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Open Woori Yallock
10 Sep - 15 Sep Work Period Applications accepted starting 12 Jul Woori Yallock For old students
20 Sep - 01 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 22 Jun Woori Yallock
04 Oct - 15 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 06 Jul Woori Yallock
15 Oct - 20 Oct Work Period Applications accepted starting 16 Aug Woori Yallock For old students
22 Oct - 27 Oct Work Period Applications accepted starting 23 Aug Woori Yallock For old students
27 Oct - 05 Nov Satipatthana Sutta Applications accepted starting 29 Jul Woori Yallock For old students
05 Nov - 09 Nov Work Period Applications accepted starting 06 Sep Woori Yallock For old students
13 Nov - 15 Nov Work Period Applications accepted starting 14 Sep Woori Yallock For old students
15 Nov - 26 Nov 10-Day Applications accepted starting 17 Aug Woori Yallock
26 Nov - 01 Dec Work Period Applications accepted starting 27 Sep Woori Yallock For old students
03 Dec - 06 Dec Work Period Applications accepted starting 04 Oct Woori Yallock For old students
06 Dec - 17 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 07 Sep Woori Yallock
17 Dec - 26 Dec Work Period Applications accepted starting 18 Oct Woori Yallock For old students
26 December, 2023 - 06 January, 2024 10-Day Applications accepted starting 27 Sep Woori Yallock
 
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.
 
 

As a privacy measure, the online application form encrypts the information you provide us with before it is sent from your computer to our application server.


To access the Old Student Regional Site please click https://www.au.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.

Work 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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