in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Course Schedule
Centre Location: Website | Map
** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English / Cantonese
Dhamma Muttā, which means the “Pearl of Dhamma”, is a new permanent centre built in Tung Wan, South Lantau Island of Hong Kong. Close to Shek Pik Reservoir and adjacent to Mok Law Shui Wah School, it is 22 kilometers away from the HK International Airport. The site is secluded from the city but yet convenient to reach to by public transport. It takes about 45 minutes by bus to get to the nearest city (Tung Chung). The new centre is being constructed in phases and currently, it can accommodate 80 people, holding mainly 10 Day Vipassana course. In future it will accommodate up to 150 people when it is fully completed.
Hang Tau Non-Centre, was established in 1999 as the first Vipassana meditation site in New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located in a quiet village of Hang Tau in Sheung Shui and the site offers basic facilities to accommodate about 50 students. At present mainly short courses will be held for old students.
- 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.
Address: Hong Kong Vipassana Meditation Centre
Ngai Yuen Sun Chuen, Hang Tau, Sheung Shui, N.T. Hong Kong
Postal Address :Box 5185, GPO, Hong Kong
Phone: [852] 2671 7031 Fax: [852] 8147 3312
Email: [email protected] Web: www.hk.dhamma.org
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 24 May - 27 May | 3-Day | Completed | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 27 May | 1-Day | Completed | Tung Wan, Lantau Island |
For old students |
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| 07 Jun - 10 Jun | 3-Day | Completed | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 17 Jun | 1-Day | Completed | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 21 Jun - 24 Jun | 3-Day | Completed | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| Apply* | 05 Jul - 08 Jul | 3-Day | Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
| Apply* | 26 Jul - 29 Jul | 3-Day | Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
| Apply* | 05 Aug | 1-Day | Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
| Apply* | 09 Aug - 12 Aug | 3-Day | Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
| Apply* | 23 Aug - 26 Aug | 3-Day | Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
| 09 Sep | 1-Day | Applications accepted starting 11 Jul | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| Apply* | 13 Sep - 16 Sep | 3-Day | Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
| 27 Sep - 30 Sep | 3-Day | Applications accepted starting 29 Jun | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 07 Oct | 1-Day | Applications accepted starting 08 Aug | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 11 Oct - 14 Oct |
3-Day
English / Mandarin |
Applications accepted starting 13 Jul | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 25 Oct - 28 Oct | 3-Day | Applications accepted starting 27 Jul | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 08 Nov - 11 Nov | 3-Day | Applications accepted starting 10 Aug | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 18 Nov | 1-Day | Applications accepted starting 19 Sep | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 22 Nov - 25 Nov | 3-Day | Applications accepted starting 24 Aug | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 06 Dec - 09 Dec | 3-Day | Applications accepted starting 07 Sep | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 22 Dec - 25 Dec | 3-Day | Applications accepted starting 23 Sep | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
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| 30 Dec | 1-Day | Applications accepted starting 31 Oct | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students |
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 16 May - 27 May | 10-Day | Completed | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | ||
| 30 May - 10 Jun | 10-Day | Completed | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | ||
| 13 Jun - 24 Jun | 10-Day | Completed | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | ||
| Apply* | 27 Jun - 08 Jul | 10-Day | Women - Wait List Men - Filling Up Servers - Open | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | |
| Apply* | 11 Jul - 22 Jul | 10-Day | Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | |
| Apply* | 21 Jul | Children's Course Dhamma Worker Workshop | Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
For old students For old students. Children's Course Dhamma Worker Workshop. Contents: Running a Children's Course, communicating with Children, etc |
| Apply* | 25 Jul - 05 Aug | 10-Day | Women - Wait List Men - Open Servers - Open | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | |
| Apply* | 08 Aug - 19 Aug | 10-Day | Women - Wait List Men - Filling Up Servers - Open | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | |
| Apply* | 22 Aug - 02 Sep | 10-Day | Open | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | |
| Apply* | 05 Sep - 16 Sep | 10-Day | Open | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | |
| Apply* | 19 Sep - 30 Sep | 10-Day | Open | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | |
| Apply* | 22 Sep - 23 Sep | Dhamma Worker Workshop | 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 |
| 05 Oct - 14 Oct | Satipatthana Sutta | Applications accepted starting 07 Jul | Tung Wan, Lantau Island |
For old students |
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| 17 Oct - 28 Oct | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 19 Jul | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | ||
| 31 Oct - 11 Nov | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 02 Aug | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | ||
| 14 Nov - 25 Nov | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 16 Aug | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | ||
| 28 Nov - 09 Dec | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 30 Aug | Tung Wan, Lantau Island | ||
| 19 Dec - 30 Dec | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 20 Sep | Tung Wan, Lantau Island |
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply* | 15 Jul |
Teen
Cantonese |
Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
Age 13-17
Language - Cantonese |
| Apply* | 22 Jul | Children | Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui | Age 8-12 Language - Cantonese |
| Apply* | 18 Aug - 19 Aug |
Children / Teens
Cantonese |
Girls - Open Boys - Closed Servers - Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
2-day Residential Camp
For Female only Age 10-17 Language - Cantonese |
| Apply* | 02 Sep |
Children / Teens
English |
Open | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
Age 10-17
Language - English |
| 02 Dec |
Children
Cantonese |
Applications accepted starting 02 Nov | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
Age 8-12
Language - Cantonese |
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| 09 Dec |
Teen
Cantonese |
Applications accepted starting 09 Nov | Tung Wan, Lantau Island |
Age 13-17
Language - Cantonese |
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| 15 Dec - 16 Dec |
Children / Teens
Cantonese |
Applications accepted starting 15 Nov | Hang Tau, Sheung Shui |
2-day Residential Camp
For Male only Age 10-17 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.
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.