Vipassana

Wheel of Dhamma

Dhamma Dipa

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

Dhamma Dipa is an 11-acre property set in rolling farmland between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye. Purchased in 1991, its peaceful location is ideally suited to serious meditation. The centre has about 50 single rooms and can accommodate 130 students in total.

Courses are also held in other locations in the UK and Ireland

Access the application form by clicking Apply for the desired course. Returning 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 provided one in your application. We aim to respond within two weeks. Please check your spam folder for our email.
If your application is accepted we will ask you to reconfirm a month before the course begins in order to secure your place.

Waiting Lists: Those applying for courses marked as 'Wait List' will only be offered places as they become available due to cancellations. We have a reconfirmation process which typically elicits cancellations 2 to 3 weeks before the course starts. Places can even become available up to the day of the course but there is no guarantee of this.

Please note: All courses are offered subject to availability of assistant teachers, who are volunteers like all course servers. In the rare event that a teacher is unavailable and the course has to be cancelled we will inform you by email.

Additional information

Address: Vipassana Trust, Dhamma Dipa, Pencoyd, St Owens Cross, Hereford HR2 8NG

Tel: 01989 730234

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.dipa.dhamma.org

All UK courses

Dhamma Sukhakāri
(Suffolk)

Dhamma Padhāna
(Long-course centre)

Northern England

Scotland

Ireland

Children and Teenagers

Old Student Group Sits
and 1-Day Courses

Ten Day & Other Courses

Applications are accepted from 8 p.m. in the summer and 7 p.m. in the winter UK time on the day courses open for registration.

Note: The 'apply' link will not be visible until then. Also the actual opening time may be a few minutes or even up to an hour later. This is due to the automated nature of the system. You will need to refresh this page to see the 'apply' link as this page does not auto-refresh.

Now that courses are opening up again, servers are needed on all courses and between courses too. Full and part-timers always welcome.

2022 Ten Day & Other Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
Apply*	22 Jun - 03 Jul	10-Day	In Progress	Herefordshire	servers needed
Apply*	03 Jul - 05 Jul	Service Period	Open	Herefordshire	For old students Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply*	05 Jul - 16 Jul	10-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List Men - Closed Servers - Open	Herefordshire	servers needed
	16 Jul - 17 Jul	Trust meeting	Open	Herefordshire	Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm. Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am. All old students are welcome
Apply*	16 Jul - 27 Jul	Long Service Period	Open	Herefordshire	For old students Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
	24 Jul	Open Day	CANCELLED	Herefordshire	From 2pm to 6pm. All welcome
Apply*	27 Jul - 07 Aug	10-Day	Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open	Herefordshire
Apply*	07 Aug - 10 Aug	Service Period	Open	Herefordshire	For old students Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply*	10 Aug - 21 Aug	Hindi / Nepali course	Women - Closed Men - Filling Up Servers - Open	Herefordshire	For Hindi and Nepali speaking students only. Servers do not need to speak Hindi or Nepali
Apply*	21 Aug - 24 Aug	Service Period	Open	Herefordshire	For old students Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply*	24 Aug - 04 Sep	10-Day	Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open	Herefordshire
Apply*	04 Sep - 07 Sep	Service Period	Open	Herefordshire	For old students Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply*	07 Sep - 18 Sep	10-Day	Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open	Herefordshire
Apply*	18 Sep - 23 Sep	Service Period	Open	Herefordshire	For old students Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply*	23 Sep - 25 Sep	Young Person`s Courses Boys 12-18, Girls 12-18	Girls - Filling Up Boys - Filling Up Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Open	Herefordshire
Apply*	25 Sep - 05 Oct	Long Service Period	Open	Herefordshire	For old students Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
	01 Oct - 02 Oct	Trust meeting	Open	Herefordshire	Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm. Sunday: AGM and Trust meeting from 9am. All old students are welcome
	05 Oct - 16 Oct	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 07 Jul	Herefordshire
	16 Oct - 21 Oct	Service Period	Applications accepted starting 18 Jul	Herefordshire	For old students Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.
	21 Oct - 30 Oct	Satipatthana Sutta	Applications accepted starting 23 Jul	Herefordshire	For old students
	30 Oct - 02 Nov	Service Period	Applications accepted starting 01 Aug	Herefordshire	For old students Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
	02 Nov - 13 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 04 Aug	Herefordshire
	13 Nov - 16 Nov	Service Period	Applications accepted starting 15 Aug	Herefordshire	For old students Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
	16 Nov - 27 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 18 Aug	Herefordshire
	27 Nov - 07 Dec	Long Service Period	Applications accepted starting 29 Aug	Herefordshire	For old students Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
	03 Dec - 04 Dec	Trust meeting	Open	Herefordshire	Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm. Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am. All old students are welcome
	07 Dec - 18 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 08 Sep	Herefordshire
	18 Dec - 27 Dec	Long Service Period	Applications accepted starting 19 Sep	Herefordshire	For old students Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
	27 December, 2022 - 07 January, 2023	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 28 Sep	Herefordshire

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

Children's 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 available for teens in different age ranges from 13-18 years old. Their parents/guardians do not have to be Vipassana meditators.

Open Days are held between meditation courses. All are welcome to attend and learn about Vipassana Meditation and the Centre.

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.