Wheel of Dhamma

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

From the Vipassana centre "Dhamma Dvāra" situated on a hilltop in the Saxonian city of Triebel, close to the northern Bavarian city of Hof and the Saxonian city of Plauen, 500 m above sea level, one can look out over the forests and meadows of the landscape called "Vogtland“. The peaceful location is ideally suited for serious meditation.

The centre was acquired in December 2000 and inaugurated in December 2002 after extensive reconstruction. Due to the strong demand the centre has seen significant expansion since 2012. The centre’s maximum capacity is planned to provide space for 150 meditators and servers. There are courses throughout the year, usually two 10-day courses a month.

The Vipassana association, an educational charity/non profit organisation runs all courses. It consists of Vipassana meditators, associated to ensure by honorary work that courses are offered regularly and to inform the public about Vipassana.

 

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.
  4. Await notification. Check you spam folder! It might be necessary to place our e-mail [email protected] on the whitelist of your e-mail account.
  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 MEDITATION CENTRE
Dhamma Dvara
Alte Straße 6
08606 Triebel

 

Tel: (49) 037434 79770; Fax: (49) 037434 79771
Email: [email protected]

  • Website: http://dvara.dhamma.org

Courses for adults in Dhamma Dvara         Courses for adults outside Dhamma Dvara             Courses for children and teenagers

  • Courses open for application at 9 pm (see below for more details).
  • NEW participants can apply for ONE 10-day course only, OLD participants for TWO 10-day courses within 1 calendar year. 
  • There must be a gap of at least 3 months between all courses (except 1- and 3-day courses and service), between long courses a gap of at least 6 month

​Application procedure

for all 10-day courses in Germany and all students (except servers):

  • Three months before the start of the course, the registration is open for 3 hours (from 9pm until midnight). It is therefore plenty time to carefully read and answer all points in the application form. At midnight the application is closed for a few hours.
  • The course places and waiting list places are allocated by random selection. Anyone whose application has not been selected will be notified immediately. Multiple applications for the same course will be rejected automatically before the random selection is executed. 

Long-term servers for Dhamma Dvara needed

More infos for long-term servers can be found here.
Experienced servers who could familiarise new servers with their tasks are highly wellcome.
 

Corona update

According to the current Corona directive issued by the government of the Saxony you don't need any longer a vaccination or recovery certificate resp. a negative test result for course participation.

For further details about courses see the schedule below. Applications and confirmations for courses that have to be cancelled cannot be moved. In this case please reapply.

 

 
Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

The days between two courses are not always identified as a service-period. If you would like to come to the centre serving and meditating during these days, please apply via the first option on the course schedule. 

2022 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
12 Jul - 23 Jul 10-Day Completed Triebel
23 Jul - 24 Jul Trust Meeting Completed Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
23 Jul - 30 Jul Work Period Completed Triebel For old students
30 Jul - 20 Aug 20-Day
German
In Progress Triebel For old students
Apply* 24 Aug - 04 Sep 10-Day Closed Triebel
Apply* 07 Sep - 16 Sep Satipatthana Sutta Women - Filling Up Men - Short Wait List Servers - Short Wait List Triebel For old students
Apply* 16 Sep - 18 Sep DATM Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed Triebel

Registration for ATs only!

Apply* 16 Sep - 20 Sep Work Period Servers - Open Triebel For old students

Apply here it you like to serve at the German AT-Meeting!

Apply* 20 Sep - 01 Oct 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Long Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Long Wait List Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Short Wait List Triebel
01 Oct - 02 Oct Trust Meeting Open Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
Apply* 02 Oct - 05 Oct Work Period Servers - Open Triebel For old students
Apply* 05 Oct - 16 Oct 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Long Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Long Wait List Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Short Wait List Triebel
Apply* 16 Oct - 26 Oct Work Period Servers - Open Triebel For old students
Apply* 26 Oct - 06 Nov 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Long Wait List Men - Closed Servers - Open Triebel
Apply* 08 Nov - 19 Nov 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Long Wait List Men - Long Wait List Servers - Open Triebel
19 Nov - 20 Nov Trust Meeting Open Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
20 Nov - 23 Nov Work Period Applications accepted starting 22 Aug Triebel For old students
23 Nov - 04 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 24 Aug Triebel
07 Dec - 18 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 07 Sep Triebel
18 Dec - 26 Dec Work Period Applications accepted starting 19 Sep Triebel For old students
26 December, 2022 - 06 January, 2023 10-Day Applications accepted starting 26 Sep Triebel
2023 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
07 Jan - 08 Jan Trust Meeting Open Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
08 Jan - 11 Jan Work Period Applications accepted starting 10 Oct Triebel For old students
11 Jan - 22 Jan 10-Day Applications accepted starting 12 Oct Triebel
25 Jan - 05 Feb 10-Day Applications accepted starting 26 Oct Triebel
08 Feb - 19 Feb 10-Day Applications accepted starting 09 Nov Triebel
22 Feb - 03 Mar Satipatthana Sutta Applications accepted starting 24 Nov Triebel For old students
04 Mar - 05 Mar Trust Meeting Open Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
05 Mar - 08 Mar Work Period Applications accepted starting 05 Dec Triebel For old students
08 Mar - 19 Mar 10-Day Applications accepted starting 07 Dec Triebel
22 Mar - 02 Apr 10-Day Applications accepted starting 21 Dec Triebel
05 Apr - 16 Apr 10-Day Applications accepted starting 04 Jan Triebel
19 Apr - 30 Apr 10-Day Applications accepted starting 18 Jan Triebel
30 Apr - 08 May Work Period Applications accepted starting 30 Jan Triebel For old students
08 May - 19 May 10-Day Applications accepted starting 06 Feb Triebel
19 May - 31 May Work Period Applications accepted starting 18 Feb Triebel For old students
20 May - 21 May Trust Meeting Open Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
31 May - 11 Jun 10-Day Applications accepted starting 01 Mar Triebel
14 Jun - 25 Jun 10-Day Applications accepted starting 15 Mar Triebel
28 Jun - 09 Jul 10-Day Applications accepted starting 29 Mar Triebel
11 Jul - 22 Jul 10-Day Applications accepted starting 11 Apr Triebel
22 Jul - 23 Jul Trust Meeting Open Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
22 Jul - 02 Aug Work Period Applications accepted starting 23 Apr Triebel For old students
02 Aug - 13 Aug 10-Day Applications accepted starting 03 May Triebel
16 Aug - 27 Aug 10-Day Applications accepted starting 17 May Triebel
30 Aug - 08 Sep Satipatthana Sutta Applications accepted starting 01 Jun Triebel For old students
08 Sep - 10 Sep DATM Applications accepted starting 10 Jun Triebel For old students

Registration for ATs only!

08 Sep - 10 Sep Work Period Applications accepted starting 10 Jun Triebel For old students

Apply here it you like to serve at the German AT-Meeting!

12 Sep - 23 Sep 10-Day Applications accepted starting 13 Jun Triebel
23 Sep - 24 Sep Trust Meeting Open Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
24 Sep - 27 Sep Work Period Applications accepted starting 26 Jun Triebel For old students
27 Sep - 08 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 28 Jun Triebel
11 Oct - 22 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 12 Jul Triebel
22 Oct - 06 Nov Work Period Applications accepted starting 24 Jul Triebel For old students
06 Nov - 17 Nov 10-Day Applications accepted starting 07 Aug Triebel
18 Nov - 19 Nov Trust Meeting Open Triebel For old students
Please apply at the office
19 Nov - 22 Nov Work Period Applications accepted starting 21 Aug Triebel For old students
22 Nov - 03 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 23 Aug Triebel
06 Dec - 17 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 06 Sep Triebel
17 Dec - 26 Dec Work Period Applications accepted starting 18 Sep Triebel For old students
26 December, 2023 - 06 January, 2024 10-Day Applications accepted starting 26 Sep Triebel
 
Non-Centre Courses
Courses and Activities conducted at other locations.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
2022 10-day & other courses for adults outside of Dhamma Dvara
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
31 Jul - 11 Aug 10-Day Completed Jugendhaus Berghof Berg 112 83734 Hausham
07 Aug One-Day-Course Completed Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

Apply* 13 Aug - 24 Aug 10-Day In Progress Jugendhaus Berghof Berg 112 83734 Hausham
Apply* 28 Aug One-Day-Course Women - Short Wait List Men - Filling Up Female Server - Open Male Server - Closed Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

Apply* 08 Sep - 11 Sep 3-Day Women - Short Wait List Men - Short Wait List Servers - Open Wieshof - Unterhub 1, 88410 Bad Wurzach-Hauerz For old students
Course ends on day 3 at 4:30 pm

Server needed!

Apply* 13 Sep - 24 Sep 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Short Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Short Wait List Servers - Open Wieshof - Unterhub 1, 88410 Bad Wurzach-Hauerz

Server needed!

Apply* 20 Sep - 01 Oct 10 Day course
German / English
New Women - Closed Old Women - Long Wait List Men - Long Wait List Servers - Open Dziadowice (Dhamma Pallava, Poland)
25 Sep One-Day-Course Applications accepted starting 04 Sep Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

Apply* 01 Oct - 12 Oct 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Long Wait List New Men - Long Wait List Old Men - Short Wait List Servers - Open Wieshof - Unterhub 1, 88410 Bad Wurzach-Hauerz
02 Oct One-Day-Course Applications accepted starting 11 Sep Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

09 Oct One-Day-Course Applications accepted starting 18 Sep Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

Apply* 14 Oct - 25 Oct 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Long Wait List New Men - Long Wait List Old Men - Short Wait List Servers - Open Wieshof - Unterhub 1, 88410 Bad Wurzach-Hauerz
16 Oct One-Day-Course Applications accepted starting 25 Sep Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

Apply* 02 Nov - 13 Nov 10-Day New Women - Long Wait List Old Women - Filling Up New Men - Long Wait List Old Men - Short Wait List Servers - Open Meppen
06 Nov One-Day-Course Applications accepted starting 16 Oct Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

13 Nov One-Day-Course Applications accepted starting 23 Oct Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

04 Dec One-Day-Course Applications accepted starting 13 Nov Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

11 Dec One-Day-Course Applications accepted starting 20 Nov Berlin For old students

Location: DOJO
Bergmannstrasse 5
Berlin – Kreuzberg

11 Dec - 22 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 12 Sep Jugendhaus Berghof Berg 112 83734 Hausham
26 December, 2022 - 06 January, 2023 10-Day Applications accepted starting 27 Sep Jugendhaus Berghof Berg 112 83734 Hausham
2023 10-day & other courses for adults outside of Dhamma Dvara
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
29 Mar - 09 Apr 10 Day course
German / English
Applications accepted starting 29 Dec Dziadowice (Dhamma Pallava, Poland)
 
Teenagers' and Children's Courses
Courses for young people.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
2022 Teenagers' and Children's Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
25 Jul - 28 Jul Course for Girls and Boys Completed Triebel Open for girls and boys from 8 to 12 years
Apply* 20 Oct - 23 Oct Course for Girls Girls - Open Boys - Closed Servers - Open Triebel Open for girls from 8 to 18 years
2023 Teenagers' and Children's Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
26 May - 29 May Course for Boys Applications accepted starting 25 Feb Triebel Open for boys from 8 to 18 years
27 Jul - 30 Jul Course for Girls and Boys Applications accepted starting 28 Apr Triebel Open for girls and boys from 8 to 12 years
26 Oct - 29 Oct Course for Girls Applications accepted starting 28 Jul Triebel Open for girls from 8 to 18 years
01 Nov - 03 Nov Course for Girls Applications accepted starting 03 Aug Triebel Open for girls from 8 to 18 years
 
 

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


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

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.

Dhamma Service on long courses is open to old students who are committed to this technique of Vipassana meditation, who have successfully completed three 10-day Vipassana courses in this tradition, who have served one 10-day course, who practice two hours a day and maintain the five precepts.

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.

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.

Courses for children and teens are open for ages 8 to 18 years old (only Boys or only Girls).

Old Student Programs are similar to Service Periods where there is time to work on a variety of Centre maintenance, construction, household and gardening projects, but have a more full and structured program, an opportunity to meet with assistant teachers, and possibly committee and trust meetings. All Old Students are welcome to participate. The daily program will include three group sittings with morning and afternoon work periods and in the evening there will be tapes played of special discourses and talks that S.N. Goenka has given to Old Students.

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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