Vipassana

Wheel of Dhamma

Dhamma Muttā

Offering courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
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Dhamma Muttā, Tung Wan, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
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** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English / Cantonese

Dhamma Muttā, meaning the “Pearl of Dhamma”, is located in the leafy valley of Tung Wan of South Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Having Shek Pik Reservoir and Tung Wan Beach in its vicinity and being 22km away from the Hong Kong International Airport, the centre is secluded from the city and yet is a convenient location offering a tranquil environment ideal for meditation. With the first two phases of facilities in operation and a capacity of over 80 students, Dhamma Muttā is the main venue in Hong Kong for 10-day courses.

Hang Tau Non-Centre has been the first establishment for Vipassana meditation in the territory since 1999. Originally farmland, it is located in a quiet village of Hang Tau in Sheung Shui. It is accessible by public transportation with basic facilities of living quarters accommodating about 50 students. Short courses are held all year around.

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 read the Introduction to the Technique and Code of Discipline carefully, 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, notifications may take up to two weeks.
If your application is accepted, we require you to confirm your attendance in order to secure your place in the course.

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 may become available up to the day of the course but there is no guarantee of this.

Additional information

Dhamma Muttā

Address: Lot 146 in D.D. 319, Tung Wan, Shek Pik, Lantau, Hong Kong
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 852-2671 7031
Fax: 852-8147 3312
Postal address: G.P.O. Box 5185, Hong Kong

Hang Tau Non-Centre
Address: Ngai Yuen Sun Chuen, Hang Tau, Sheung Shui, N.T. Hong Kong
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 852-2671 7031
Fax: 852-8147 3312
Postal address: G.P.O. Box 5185, Hong Kong

Web: www.mutta.dhamma.org

New students, please go directly to the 10-day courses.

A student may apply to only one course at a time in Hong Kong. Any additional applications will not be processed. For those on the waiting list, you will be notified once a place is available, so please do not apply for other courses. If you want to change the course date, you will need to cancel your previous application, whether it is accepted or on the waiting list, and reapply the course of another date. You can only apply for future courses after the previous course has been completed.

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.

2019 Short Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
	24 Jan - 27 Jan	3-Day	Completed	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	03 Feb	1-Day	CANCELLED	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	07 Feb - 10 Feb	3-Day	CANCELLED	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
Apply*	21 Feb - 24 Feb	3-Day	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
Apply*	07 Mar - 10 Mar	3-Day	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
Apply*	17 Mar	1-Day	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
Apply*	21 Mar - 24 Mar	3-Day	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
Apply*	04 Apr - 07 Apr	3-Day	Women - Filling Up Men - Open Servers - Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	28 Apr	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 27 Feb	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
Apply*	02 May - 05 May	3-Day	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
Apply*	16 May - 19 May	3-Day	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	26 May	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 27 Mar	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	30 May - 02 Jun	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 01 Mar	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	13 Jun - 16 Jun	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 15 Mar	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	23 Jun	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 24 Apr	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	27 Jun - 30 Jun	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 29 Mar	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	11 Jul - 14 Jul	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 12 Apr	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	25 Jul - 28 Jul	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 26 Apr	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	04 Aug	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Jun	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	08 Aug - 11 Aug	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 10 May	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	22 Aug - 25 Aug	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 24 May	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	05 Sep - 08 Sep	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 07 Jun	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	15 Sep	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 17 Jul	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	19 Sep - 22 Sep	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 21 Jun	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	13 Oct	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 14 Aug	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	17 Oct - 20 Oct	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 19 Jul	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	31 Oct - 03 Nov	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 02 Aug	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	10 Nov	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 11 Sep	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	14 Nov - 17 Nov	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 16 Aug	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	28 Nov - 01 Dec	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 30 Aug	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	12 Dec - 15 Dec	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 13 Sep	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students
	22 Dec	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 23 Oct	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	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.

2019 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
	16 Jan - 27 Jan	10-Day	Completed	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	30 Jan - 10 Feb	10-Day	Completed	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui
	30 Jan - 10 Feb	10-Day	Completed	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
Apply*	13 Feb - 24 Feb	10-Day	In Progress	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
Apply*	16 Feb - 17 Feb	Cleaning & Maintenance camp	In Progress	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to perform dhamma service such as cooking, planting,cleaning or tidy-up the camp.
Apply*	27 Feb - 10 Mar	10-Day	Women - Wait List Men - Open Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Open	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
Apply*	13 Mar - 24 Mar	10-Day	Women - Wait List Men - Open Servers - Open	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
Apply*	27 Mar - 07 Apr	10-Day	Women - Filling Up Men - Open Servers - Open	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
Apply*	30 Mar - 31 Mar	Cleaning & Maintenance camp	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to perform dhamma service such as cooking, planting,cleaning or tidy-up the camp.
Apply*	10 Apr - 21 Apr	10-Day	Open	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
Apply*	17 Apr - 28 Apr	10-Day	Women - Filling Up Men - Filling Up Servers - Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui
Apply*	24 Apr - 05 May	10-Day	Open	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
Apply*	08 May - 19 May	10-Day	Open	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
Apply*	11 May - 12 May	Cleaning & Maintenance camp	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to perform dhamma service such as cooking, planting,cleaning or tidy-up the camp.
	22 May - 02 Jun	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 21 Feb	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	05 Jun - 16 Jun	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 07 Mar	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	19 Jun - 30 Jun	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 21 Mar	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	03 Jul - 14 Jul	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 04 Apr	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	06 Jul - 07 Jul	Cleaning & Maintenance camp	Applications accepted starting 07 Apr	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to perform dhamma service such as cooking, planting,cleaning or tidy-up the camp.
	17 Jul - 28 Jul	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 18 Apr	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	20 Jul	Children's Course Dhamma Worker Workshop	Applications accepted starting 21 May	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to serve children's and teens course
	31 Jul - 11 Aug	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 02 May	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	14 Aug - 25 Aug	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 16 May	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	28 Aug - 08 Sep	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 30 May	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	31 Aug - 01 Sep	Cleaning & Maintenance camp	Applications accepted starting 02 Jun	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to perform dhamma service such as cooking, planting,cleaning or tidy-up the camp.
	11 Sep - 22 Sep	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 13 Jun	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	27 Sep - 06 Oct	Satipatthana Sutta	Applications accepted starting 29 Jun	Tung Wan, Lantau Island	For old students
	28 Sep	Children's Course Dhamma Worker Workshop	Applications accepted starting 30 Jul	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to serve children's and teens course
	09 Oct - 20 Oct	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 11 Jul	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	23 Oct - 03 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 25 Jul	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	26 Oct - 27 Oct	Cleaning & Maintenance camp	Applications accepted starting 28 Jul	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to perform dhamma service such as cooking, planting,cleaning or tidy-up the camp.
	03 Nov - 19 Nov	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 05 Aug	Tung Wan, Lantau Island	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to perform dhamma service such as cooking, planting,cleaning or tidy-up the camp.
	20 Nov - 01 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 22 Aug	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	04 Dec - 15 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Sep	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	07 Dec	Children's Course Dhamma Worker Workshop	Applications accepted starting 08 Oct	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	For old students All old students are welcome to participate to learn how to serve children's and teens course
	18 Dec - 29 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 19 Sep	Tung Wan, Lantau Island
	25 December, 2019 - 05 January, 2020	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 26 Sep	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui

Teenagers' and Children's Courses

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

2019 Teenagers' and Children's Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
Apply*	24 Mar	Teen Cantonese	Open	Tung Wan, Lantau Island	Age 13-18 Language - Cantonese
Apply*	07 Apr	Children / Teens English	Open	Tung Wan, Lantau Island	Age 10-18 Language - English
Apply*	14 Apr	Children Cantonese	Open	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	Age 8-12 Language - Cantonese
	14 Jul	Teen Cantonese	Applications accepted starting 15 May	Tung Wan, Lantau Island	Age 13-18 Language - Cantonese
	21 Jul	Children Cantonese	Applications accepted starting 22 May	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	Age 8-12 Language - Cantonese
	17 Aug - 18 Aug	2-day Residential Camp Cantonese	Applications accepted starting 18 Jun	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	Girls Age 10-18 Language - Cantonese
	08 Sep	Children / Teens English	Applications accepted starting 10 Jul	Tung Wan, Lantau Island	Age 10-18 Language - English
	29 Sep	Children Cantonese	Applications accepted starting 31 Jul	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	Age 8-12 Language - Cantonese
	23 Nov - 24 Nov	2-day Residential Camp Cantonese	Applications accepted starting 24 Sep	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	Boys Age 10-18 Language - Cantonese
	08 Dec	Children Cantonese	Applications accepted starting 09 Oct	Hang Tau, Sheung Shui	Age 8-12 Language - Cantonese
	15 Dec	Teen Cantonese	Applications accepted starting 16 Oct	Tung Wan, Lantau Island	Age 13-18 Language - Cantonese

The online application form encrypts your information before it is sent from your computer to our application server. However, it may not be totally secure even though encryption is used. If you are concerned about the possibility of security risks of your confidential information while it is on the Internet, do not use this form and instead download an application. Print and complete it. Then please send the form to the course organizers. By faxing or posting your application form it may delay the registration process by one to two weeks.

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

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.