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Dhamma Neru, Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona, Spain
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** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English / Spanish

On the afternoon of June 22, 1999, the Spanish Vipassana Association purchased a building near Palautordera, about 35 miles Northwest of Barcelona, to serve as the first Dhamma centre in Spain. S. N. Goenka named it "Dhamma Neru", which means "Heavenly Mountain of Dhamma". The main building of Dhamma Neru is built on four sides of an open courtyard and sits in the middle of a flat 3,6 acres site surrounded by a high hedge and an abundance of fruit and ornamental trees. The Centre can currently accommodate 62 students, though the Dhamma Hall can hold 80.

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 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.

Additional information

Vipassana Meditation Center Dhamma Neru
Disseminat Quarter Sanata 12
Apartado Postal 29
08460 Santa Maria de Palautordera
Barcelona, Spain

Tel: (+34) 93 848 26 95

Email: [email protected]
Website: http://neru.dhamma.org/index.php?id=961&L=0

All Spain Courses

Centre: Dhamma Sacca

Group Sittings:
North and East

Group Sittings:
West, Centre and South

Teenagers' and Children's Courses

Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Registration for the courses will open at 8 am in the summer time (from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October) and at 7 am in the winter time.

IMPORTANT:

The actual opening time could be a few minutes after the indicated time.
If when you enter the registration the course is not yet open, you must close the web page and reopen it (refresh the system), otherwise you will not be able to see that the course opens.
Most courses run out of the places in a few minutes.
fill out the application to participate in the course in the most detailed way possible. Please register with the exact name you have in your passport or national ID (DNI/NIE).
The system reserves the place from the moment one starts to fill out the application for a period of 30 minutes, and the countdown starts again each time the page is passed in the application form. This gives more than enough time to fill all the necessary information without any hurry.
Old students can sit for up to two courses in one year.
Please add [email protected] to your list of allowed mail otherwise the confirmation letter may end up in your spam folder.
Please apply ONLY IF YOU ARE SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE COURSE. Last minute cancellations prevent us from using the maximum capacity of the centre by not leaving us enough time to process new applications.

Areas Map

2022 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
Apply*	01 Jan - 31 Dec	Long term service Spanish	In Progress	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students LONG TERM SERVICE Requirements: have served at least a full 10-day course. Minimum stay 2 months extendable to 1 year Places available depending on the dates requested
Apply*	10 Aug - 21 Aug	10 days meditation course	In Progress	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona
	21 Aug	Centre Meeting	Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	If you are a old student and would like to participate in this meeting, please write to [email protected] indicating your full name, ID, your last course and indicate if you are serving on a committee.
Apply*	24 Aug - 04 Sep	10 days meditation course	New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Wait List Female Server - Wait List Male Server - Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona
Apply*	04 Sep - 08 Sep	Service Period	Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
Apply*	12 Sep - 14 Sep	Between courses service	Servers - Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
Apply*	14 Sep - 25 Sep	10 days meditation course	Women - Closed New Men - Closed Old Men - Wait List Female Server - Open Male Server - Wait List	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona
	25 Sep	Dhamma Neru Trustee Meeting	Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	If you are a old student and would like to participate in this meeting, please write to [email protected] indicating your full name, ID, your last course and indicate if you are serving on a committee.
	28 Sep - 09 Oct	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 28 Aug	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona
	09 Oct - 12 Oct	Between courses service	Applications accepted starting 09 Sep	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
	12 Oct - 23 Oct	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 11 Sep	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona
	23 Oct	Centre Meeting	Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	If you are a old student and would like to participate in this meeting, please write to [email protected] indicating your full name, ID, your last course and indicate if you are serving on a committee.
Apply*	23 Oct - 27 Oct	Service Period	Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
	28 Oct - 30 Oct	2 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 27 Sep	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served.
	02 Nov - 13 Nov	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 02 Oct	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona
	13 Nov	Centre Meeting	Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	If you are a old student and would like to participate in this meeting, please write to [email protected] indicating your full name, ID, your last course and indicate if you are serving on a committee.
	13 Nov - 16 Nov	Between courses service	Applications accepted starting 14 Oct	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
	16 Nov - 27 Nov	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 16 Oct	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona
	27 Nov - 30 Nov	Service Period	Applications accepted starting 29 Aug	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
	01 Dec - 10 Dec	Satipatthana Course	Applications accepted starting 31 Oct	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students To participate is needed at least three 10-day courses, (serving not included), have not been practising any other meditation techniques since last 10-day course, have been practising this technique for at least one year, trying to maintain their meditation practice and the five precepts.
	11 Dec	Dhamma Neru Trustee Meeting	Open	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	If you are a old student and would like to participate in this meeting, please write to [email protected] indicating your full name, ID, your last course and indicate if you are serving on a committee.
	11 Dec - 14 Dec	Service Period	Applications accepted starting 12 Sep	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
	15 Dec - 18 Dec	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 15 Nov	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days sat.
	20 Dec - 23 Dec	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 20 Nov	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days sat.
	24 Dec - 27 Dec	Service Period	Applications accepted starting 25 Sep	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
	28 December, 2022 - 08 January, 2023	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 27 Nov	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona

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
Apply*	09 Sep - 11 Sep	Teenagers course (13 to 18 years old) Spanish	Girls - Open Boys - Open Female Server - Closed Male Server - Filling Up	Dhamma Neru, Santa Maria Palautordera - Barcelona	Teenagers course with overnight at the center. This course is only taught in Spanish, it is necessary to know this language to participate.

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://es.dhamma.org/index.php?id=3053&L=0. 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.

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.

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 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.