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Vipassana in Brazil
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** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English / Portuguese

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art of Living. The technique is taught at ten-day residential courses during which participants learn the basics of the method, and practice sufficiently to experience its beneficial results. There are courses all over the world. Additionally you may be interested in our answers to commonly asked questions.

How to Apply to Attend or Serve a Course

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.

Additional information

Address: Centro de Meditação Vipassana - Dhamma Santi

Email: [email protected]

Mobile: [55] (21) 98112-3089

All Brazil Courses

Nordeste

Minas Gerais

Parana

Dhmma Uyyana (Pirenópolis)

Dhamma Santi
(Rio de Janeiro)

Dhamma Sarana
(São Paulo)

Students of 10-Day courses and Satipatthana Sutta courses (excluding servers): A student may only apply to SIT ONE COURSE at a time regardless of the center location in Latin America, course dates or waiting list status. Additional applications will not be processed.

Students of 10-Day courses (non servers): priority granted to new students and old students who haven’t sat recently.

Opening inscriptions schedule: on the stipulated date, approximately at 5 a.m. local time (Brasília Standard Time).

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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.

2025 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
	28 Jun - 09 Jul	10-Day	In Progress	Itacaré, Bahia	Male 10-day course in Itacaré, Bahia Male and female servers
	29 Jun - 02 Jul	Work Period	In Progress	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	29 Jun - 02 Jul	Work Period	In Progress	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	30 Jun - 11 Jul	10-Day	In Progress	Belo Horizonte, MG	Female students only. Female and Male servers Location: Funilândia, Minas Gerais
Apply	02 Jul - 13 Jul	10-Day	Women - Wait List Men - Open Servers - Open	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
Apply	02 Jul - 13 Jul	10-Day	Women - Closed Men - Closed Female Server - Closed Male Server - Wait List	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
Apply	06 Jul - 08 Jul	Service Period	Servers - Open	Planalto Central - Brasília/DF	For old students Service period for
Apply	08 Jul - 19 Jul	Ten day course for new and old students.	Women - Closed Men - Wait List Female Server - Wait List Male Server - Open	Planalto Central - Brasília/DF	Ten day course in Solar Guadalupe - Lago Oeste - Brasília/DF.
Apply	09 Jul - 19 Jul	Work Period	Servers - Open	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students
Apply	13 Jul	1-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students 1-day course in Itacaré, Bahia Both genders
Apply	13 Jul	1-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Closed	Humaíta - Rio de Janeiro/RJ	For old students
Apply	13 Jul - 16 Jul	Work Period	Female Server - Wait List Male Server - Open	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
Apply	13 Jul - 16 Jul	Work Period	Servers - Open	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
Apply	14 Jul - 25 Jul	10-Day	Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open	Belo Horizonte, MG	Male students only. Male and Female servers Location: in Funilânia, Minas Gerais
Apply	16 Jul - 27 Jul	10-Day	Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
Apply	18 Jul - 26 Jul	Satipatthana Sutta	Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Wait List	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	Old Student Course Qualification Requirements The course will end around 5 p.m. on the last day
Apply	19 Jul - 23 Jul	3-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students The course ends around 7.30a.m on the last day. AT Rosa dos Ventos, Itacaré-Bahia
Apply	22 Jul - 02 Aug	Ten day course for old and new students	Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open	Planalto Central - Brasília/DF	Ten day course in Solar Guadalupe - Lago Oeste - Brasília/DF
Apply	23 Jul - 02 Aug	Work Period	Servers - Open	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students
Apply	25 Jul - 26 Jul	Work Period	Servers - Open	Belo Horizonte, MG	For old students
Apply	27 Jul	1-Day	Women - Closed New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Closed	Paraná	For old students 1-day course at Bairro Cachoeira, Curitiba-PR
Apply	27 Jul	1-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Closed	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
Apply	27 Jul - 30 Jul	Work Period	Servers - Open	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
Apply	27 Jul - 02 Aug	Work Period	Servers - Open	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
Apply	30 Jul - 10 Aug	10-Day	Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
	02 Aug - 13 Aug	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 03 Jul	Itacaré, Bahia	Female 10-day course in Itacaré, Bahia Female and male servers
Apply	02 Aug - 23 Aug	20-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	Old Student Course Qualification Requirements
	10 Aug - 01 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 10 Jul	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	13 Aug - 23 Aug	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 14 Jul	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students
	23 Aug - 27 Aug	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 23 Jul	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
Apply	23 Aug - 03 Sep	10Day course only for men	Women - Closed Men - Open Servers - Open	Itacaré, Bahia	10Day course for men at Rosa dos Ventos School. Mixed server
	24 Aug	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 23 Jul	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	24 Aug	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 25 Jul	Humaíta - Rio de Janeiro/RJ	For old students
	27 Aug - 07 Sep	Executive Course	Applications accepted starting 10 Jul	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	10-day Executive Courses are an introductory course to Vipassana Meditation especially for business executives and government official.
	27 Aug - 07 Sep	10-Day	CANCELLED	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
	28 Aug - 31 Aug	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 10 Jul	Ribeirão da Ilha - Florianópolis/SC	For old students At Ribeirão da Ilha - Florianópolis/SC
	31 Aug	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 30 Jul	Paraná	For old students 1-day course at Barreirinhas, Curitiba-PR
	31 Aug	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 01 Aug	Minas Gerais	For old students 1-day course in Serra - Belo Horizonte/MG
	03 Sep - 13 Sep	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 04 Aug	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students
	03 Sep - 14 Sep	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 15 Jul	Ribeirão da Ilha - Florianópolis/SC	At Ribeirão da Ilha - Florianópolis/SC
	07 Sep - 10 Sep	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 08 Aug	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	10 Sep - 21 Sep	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 15 Jul	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
	13 Sep - 24 Sep	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 30 Jul	Itacaré, Bahia	Female students only. Male and Female servers. In Itacaré - Bahia
	21 Sep	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 22 Aug	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	21 Sep - 24 Sep	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 22 Aug	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	24 Sep - 27 Sep	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 25 Aug	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students
	24 Sep - 05 Oct	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 30 Jul	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
	27 Sep - 01 Oct	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 15 Aug	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students The course ends on the 4th day around 7.30 a.m. In Itacaré - Bahia
	28 Sep	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 29 Aug	Minas Gerais	For old students 1-Day course in Serra - Belo Horizonte/MG
	01 Oct - 11 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 01 Sep	Itacaré, Bahia	For old students
	01 Oct - 12 Oct	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 01 Aug	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
	05 Oct - 08 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 05 Sep	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	08 Oct - 19 Oct	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 20 Aug	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
	11 Oct - 22 Oct	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 20 Aug	Itacaré, Bahia	Female students only. Male and Female servers. Escola Rosa dos Ventos in Itacaré, Bahia
	12 Oct - 15 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 10 Sep	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	15 Oct - 18 Oct	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 01 Sep	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students The course ends on the last day aprox. 5p.m.
	19 Oct	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 19 Sep	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	19 Oct	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 19 Sep	Minas Gerais	For old students 1-day course in Serra - Belo Horizonte/MG
	19 Oct - 22 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 19 Sep	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	19 Oct - 22 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 19 Sep	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	22 Oct - 02 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 20 Aug	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
	22 Oct - 02 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 23 Aug	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
	02 Nov - 05 Nov	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 01 Oct	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	02 Nov - 05 Nov	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 03 Oct	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	05 Nov - 16 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 10 Sep	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
	05 Nov - 16 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Sep	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
	16 Nov - 19 Nov	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 15 Oct	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	16 Nov - 19 Nov	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 17 Oct	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	19 Nov - 30 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 27 Sep	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
	19 Nov - 30 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 20 Sep	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
	30 Nov	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 31 Oct	Minas Gerais	For old students 1-Day course in Serra - Belo Horizonte/MG
	30 Nov	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 31 Oct	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	30 Nov - 03 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 31 Oct	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	30 Nov - 03 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 30 Oct	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	03 Dec - 14 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 10 Oct	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
	03 Dec - 14 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 03 Oct	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
	14 Dec - 17 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 14 Nov	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	14 Dec - 17 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 14 Nov	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	17 Dec - 20 Dec	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 26 Oct	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students The course ends at 5p.m. on the last day
	17 Dec - 20 Dec	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Nov	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students This course will end around 5p.m. on the last day.
	21 Dec - 26 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 21 Nov	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
	21 Dec - 26 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 21 Nov	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
	26 December, 2025 - 06 January, 2026	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 31 Oct	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For this course we will give priority to new students and old students that have not sat any course during 2025.
	26 December, 2025 - 06 January, 2026	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 25 Oct	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For this course we will give priority to new students and old students that have not sat any course during 2025.

2026 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
04 Jan - 07 Jan	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 04 Dec	Paraná	For old students Service periodo at Casa de Cursilhos in Curitiba, Paraná
06 Jan - 07 Jan	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 07 Dec	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	For old students
06 Jan - 07 Jan	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 06 Dec	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
07 Jan - 18 Jan	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 14 Nov	Paraná
07 Jan - 18 Jan	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 07 Nov	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
07 Jan - 18 Jan	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 10 Nov	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo
18 Jan - 20 Jan	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 18 Dec	Paraná	For old students Service period at Casa de Cursilhos, Curitiba, Paraná
18 Jan - 21 Jan	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 18 Dec	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
20 Jan - 31 Jan	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 26 Nov	Paraná
21 Jan - 01 Feb	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 21 Nov	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
31 Jan - 03 Feb	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 30 Dec	Paraná	For old students Service period at Casa de Cursilhos, Curitiba, Paraná
01 Feb - 11 Feb	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 01 Jan	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students
03 Feb - 14 Feb	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 04 Dec	Paraná
11 Feb - 22 Feb	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 26 Dec	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro
14 Feb - 15 Feb	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 14 Jan	Paraná	For old students Service period at Casa de Cursilhos, Curitiba, Paraná
22 Feb - 25 Feb	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 21 Jan	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	For old students

Teenagers' and Children's Courses

Courses for young people.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.

2025 Teenagers' and Children's Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
Apply	26 Jul	Children / Teens	Open	Itacaré, Bahia	Anapana course for teenagers between 13 and 17 years old. At Rosa dos Ventos - Itacaré-Bahia
Apply	27 Jul	Children / Teens	Open	Itacaré, Bahia	Anapana course for children between 8 and 12 years old. At Rosa dos Ventos - Itacaré-Bahia
Apply	03 Aug	Anapana for young people between 8 and 12 years old	Open	Planalto Central - Brasília/DF	Anapana for children - Solar Guadalupe - Lago Oeste - Brasília/DF
	24 Aug	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 24 Jul	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	Anapana meditation course for children between 13 and 17 years old
	27 Sep	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 20 Aug	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	Anapana course for children between 8 and 12 years old
	28 Sep	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 12 Aug	Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro	Anapana course for teenagers between 13 and 17 years old
	16 Nov	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 12 Oct	Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo	Anapana meditation course for teenagers between 8 and 12 years old

To access the Old Student Regional Site please click http://br.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.

10-day Executive Courses are an introductory course to Vipassana Meditation especially for business executives and government officials where the technique is taught step-by-step each day. For more information please visit the Executive course website. 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 7:30am.

Children's Anapana Courses are open for all children aged 8-12 years old who wish to learn to meditate. Their parents/guardians do not have to be meditators.

Teenagers' Anapana Courses are open for all teenagers aged 13-18 years old who wish to learn to meditate. Their parents/guardians do not have to be meditators.

Old Student Course Qualification Requirements

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.

Old Student Course Qualification Requirements

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 apply. 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 Course Qualification Requirements

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.