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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Dipa
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

  1. Access the application form by clicking Apply for the desired course. Returning 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 provided one in your application. We aim to respond within two weeks. Please check your spam folder for our email.
  5. 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.


 

2023 Ten Day & Other Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
Apply* 25 Jan - 05 Feb 10-Day In Progress Herefordshire
Apply* 05 Feb - 10 Feb Long Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 10 Feb - 12 Feb Children`s Course mixed 8-11 Girls - Wait List Boys - Wait List Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Wait List Herefordshire
Apply* 12 Feb - 15 Feb Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 15 Feb - 26 Feb 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open Herefordshire
Apply* 26 Feb - 01 Mar Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 01 Mar - 12 Mar 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Open Herefordshire
Apply* 12 Mar - 15 Mar Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 15 Mar - 26 Mar 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open Herefordshire
Apply* 26 Mar - 05 Apr Long Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
01 Apr - 02 Apr Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
Apply* 05 Apr - 16 Apr 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open Herefordshire
Apply* 16 Apr - 19 Apr Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 19 Apr - 28 Apr Satipatthana Sutta Open Herefordshire For old students
28 Apr - 30 Apr Young Person`s Courses Boys 12-18, Girls 12-18 Applications accepted starting 28 Jan Herefordshire
30 Apr - 10 May EATM Service Period Applications accepted starting 30 Jan Herefordshire For old students
The European Assistant Teacher's Meeting will be held between April 30 - May 7. Servers are needed to help in the kitchen, household and around the centre at that time.
10 May - 21 May 10-Day Applications accepted starting 09 Feb Herefordshire
21 May - 24 May Service Period Applications accepted starting 20 Feb Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
24 May - 04 Jun 10-Day Applications accepted starting 23 Feb Herefordshire
04 Jun - 06 Jun Service Period Applications accepted starting 06 Mar Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
06 Jun - 17 Jun 10-Day Applications accepted starting 08 Mar Herefordshire
17 Jun - 18 Jun Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
17 Jun - 21 Jun Service Period Applications accepted starting 19 Mar Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
21 Jun - 02 Jul 10-Day Applications accepted starting 23 Mar Herefordshire
02 Jul - 05 Jul Service Period Applications accepted starting 03 Apr Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
05 Jul - 16 Jul 10-Day Applications accepted starting 06 Apr Herefordshire
16 Jul - 01 Aug Long Service Period Applications accepted starting 17 Apr Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
21 Jul - 23 Jul Children`s Course mixed 8-11 Applications accepted starting 22 Apr Herefordshire
30 Jul Open Day Open Herefordshire From 2pm to 6pm. All welcome
01 Aug - 12 Aug 10-Day Applications accepted starting 03 May Herefordshire
12 Aug - 16 Aug Service Period Applications accepted starting 14 May Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
13 Aug Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday 12th: Online Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
16 Aug - 27 Aug Hindi / Nepali course Applications accepted starting 18 May Herefordshire For Hindi or Nepali speaking students only. Servers need not speak Hindi or Nepali
27 Aug - 30 Aug Service Period Applications accepted starting 29 May Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
30 Aug - 10 Sep 10-Day Applications accepted starting 01 Jun Herefordshire
10 Sep - 13 Sep Service Period Applications accepted starting 12 Jun Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
13 Sep - 24 Sep 10-Day Applications accepted starting 15 Jun Herefordshire
24 Sep - 04 Oct Long Service Period Applications accepted starting 26 Jun Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
30 Sep - 01 Oct AGM and Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
04 Oct - 15 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 06 Jul Herefordshire
15 Oct - 18 Oct Service Period Applications accepted starting 17 Jul Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
18 Oct - 29 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 20 Jul Herefordshire
29 Oct - 01 Nov Service Period Applications accepted starting 31 Jul Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
01 Nov - 12 Nov 10-Day Applications accepted starting 03 Aug Herefordshire
11 Nov - 12 Nov Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
12 Nov - 15 Nov Service Period Applications accepted starting 14 Aug Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
15 Nov - 26 Nov 10-Day Applications accepted starting 17 Aug Herefordshire
26 Nov - 01 Dec Long Service Period Applications accepted starting 28 Aug Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
01 Dec - 03 Dec Young Person`s Courses Boys 12-18, Girls 12-18 Applications accepted starting 02 Sep Herefordshire
03 Dec - 05 Dec Service Period Applications accepted starting 04 Sep Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
05 Dec - 16 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 06 Sep Herefordshire
16 Dec - 27 Dec Long Service Period Applications accepted starting 17 Sep Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome.
17 Dec Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday 16th : Online Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
27 December, 2023 - 07 January, 2024 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.

 
 

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