Vipassana

Wheel of Dhamma

Dhamma Sacca

Offering courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
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Dhamma Sacca, Ávila, Spain
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** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English / Spanish

Dhamma Sacca is a meditation centre located in Candeleda town (Avila) on Sierra de Gredos south side, offering a quiet environment, ideal for meditation practice. Since 2016 the centre offers 10-day meditation courses for 130 new and old students, as well as courses for children and teenagers. Dhamma Sacca also offers courses for experienced (old) students of 1,2 and 3 days, as well as courses of Satipatthana. This page contains all the opportunities to sit and serve in the centre. Dhamma Sacca means the truth of the Dhamma..

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 Sacca
CL - 501 Km. 85,6
05480 Candeleda, Ávila

Tel: (+34) 673 762 723

Email: [email protected]
Website: http://sacca.dhamma.org

All Spain Courses

Centre: Dhamma Neru

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.

COVID-19

The courses are taught in accordance with the Covid-19 requirements mandated by the government. We expect participants to meticulously follow these requirements. Responsible use of the mask and maintaining a safe distance is recommended.

Thank you for your understanding.

Areas Map

2022 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
Apply*	01 Jan - 31 Dec	Long term service	In Progress	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students LONG TERM SERVICE Requirements: have served at least a full 10-day course. Minimum stay 2 months extendable to 1 or 2 years
	21 Sep - 02 Oct	10 days meditation course	Completed	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	Female and Male servers are needed for this course.
Apply*	03 Oct - 04 Oct	Work Period	Servers - Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
Apply*	05 Oct - 16 Oct	10 days meditation course	New Women - Closed Old Women - Filling Up New Men - Wait List Old Men - Filling Up Female Server - Short Wait List Male Server - Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	Female and male servers are needed for this course
Apply*	17 Oct - 18 Oct	Work Period	Servers - Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
Apply*	19 Oct - 30 Oct	10-Day Old Students	Women - Filling Up Men - Filling Up Servers - Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Only for 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. It is not necessary to have sat in a Satipatthana course.
	30 Oct	Committes local Meeting	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
Apply*	31 Oct - 01 Nov	Work Period	Servers - Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
Apply*	02 Nov - 13 Nov	10-Day English / Portuguese	New Women - Closed Old Women - Short Wait List New Men - Long Wait List Old Men - Short Wait List Female Server - Short Wait List Male Server - Filling Up	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	This course will be held in Dhamma Sacca, Spain
Apply*	14 Nov - 15 Nov	Work Period	Servers - Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	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 15 Oct	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
Apply*	28 Nov - 06 Dec	Work Period	Servers - Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
	03 Dec	1 Day Course	Applications accepted starting 02 Nov	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students
	04 Dec	Committes local Meeting	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
	07 Dec - 18 Dec	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 05 Nov	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
	18 Dec	Dhamma Sacca Trustee Meeting English	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
	19 Dec - 22 Dec	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 18 Nov	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days sat.
Apply*	23 Dec - 27 Dec	Work Period	Servers - Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	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 26 Nov	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila

2023 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
09 Jan - 10 Jan	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 05 Dec	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
11 Jan - 22 Jan	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 10 Dec	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
23 Jan - 25 Jan	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 09 Dec	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
26 Jan - 29 Jan	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 26 Dec	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days sat.
30 Jan - 07 Feb	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 16 Dec	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
04 Feb	1 Day Course	Applications accepted starting 04 Jan	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students
05 Feb	Committes local Meeting	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
08 Feb - 19 Feb	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 07 Jan	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
20 Feb - 21 Feb	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 06 Jan	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
22 Feb - 05 Mar	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 21 Jan	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
05 Mar	Dhamma Sacca Trustee Meeting English	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
06 Mar - 08 Mar	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 20 Jan	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
09 Mar - 12 Mar	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 06 Feb	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days sat.
13 Mar - 14 Mar	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 27 Jan	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
15 Mar - 26 Mar	10-Day English / Portuguese	Applications accepted starting 30 Jan	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	This course will be held in Dhamma Sacca, Spain
27 Mar - 28 Mar	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 10 Feb	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
29 Mar - 09 Apr	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 25 Feb	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
10 Apr - 11 Apr	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 24 Feb	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
12 Apr - 23 Apr	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 11 Mar	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
23 Apr	Committes local Meeting	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
24 Apr - 26 Apr	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 10 Mar	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
27 Apr - 30 Apr	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 27 Mar	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days sat.
01 May - 09 May	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 17 Mar	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
10 May - 21 May	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 08 Apr	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
22 May - 24 May	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 07 Apr	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
25 May - 28 May	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 24 Apr	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days sat.
29 May	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 14 Apr	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
30 May - 08 Jun	Satipatthana Course	Applications accepted starting 27 Apr	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	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.
08 Jun - 13 Jun	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 24 Apr	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
11 Jun	Dhamma Sacca Trustee Meeting English	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
14 Jun - 25 Jun	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 13 May	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
25 Jun	Committes local Meeting	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
26 Jun - 27 Jun	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 12 May	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
03 Jul - 04 Jul	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 19 May	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
05 Jul - 16 Jul	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 03 Jun	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
17 Jul - 18 Jul	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 02 Jun	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
19 Jul - 30 Jul	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 17 Jun	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
31 Jul - 01 Aug	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 16 Jun	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
02 Aug - 13 Aug	10-Day English / Portuguese	Applications accepted starting 19 Jun	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	This course will be held in Dhamma Sacca, Spain
14 Aug - 15 Aug	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 30 Jun	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
16 Aug - 27 Aug	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 15 Jul	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
27 Aug	Committes local Meeting	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
28 Aug - 30 Aug	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 14 Jul	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
31 Aug - 03 Sep	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 31 Jul	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days sat.
04 Sep - 05 Sep	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 21 Jul	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
06 Sep - 17 Sep	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 05 Aug	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
17 Sep	Dhamma Sacca Trustee Meeting English	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
18 Sep - 19 Sep	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 04 Aug	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
20 Sep - 01 Oct	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 19 Aug	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
02 Oct - 03 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 18 Aug	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
04 Oct - 15 Oct	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 02 Sep	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
16 Oct - 17 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 01 Sep	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
18 Oct - 29 Oct	10-Day Old Students	Applications accepted starting 16 Sep	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Only for 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. It is not necessary to have sat in a Satipatthana course.
29 Oct	Committes local Meeting	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
30 Oct - 31 Oct	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 15 Sep	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
01 Nov - 12 Nov	10-Day English / Portuguese	Applications accepted starting 18 Sep	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	This course will be held in Dhamma Sacca, Spain
01 Nov - 12 Nov	10-Day English / Portuguese	Applications accepted starting 18 Sep	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	This course will be held in Dhamma Sacca, Spain
13 Nov - 14 Nov	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 29 Sep	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
15 Nov - 26 Nov	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 14 Oct	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
27 Nov - 01 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 13 Oct	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
02 Dec	1 Day Course	Applications accepted starting 01 Nov	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students
03 Dec	Committes local Meeting	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
03 Dec - 05 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 19 Oct	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
06 Dec - 09 Dec	3 Day Course / Self-Course	Applications accepted starting 05 Sep	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Self-courses are without teacher, no interviews, and with only some minimal instruction. Requirements: completed 3 courses of 10 days or 2 course sat and 1 served.
10 Dec	Dhamma Sacca Trustee Meeting English	Open	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
10 Dec - 12 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 26 Oct	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
13 Dec - 24 Dec	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 11 Nov	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila
25 Dec - 26 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 10 Nov	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila	For old students Requirements: completed 2 courses of 10 days or one course sat and one served
27 December, 2023 - 07 January, 2024	10 days meditation course	Applications accepted starting 25 Nov	Dhamma Sacca, Candeleda - Ávila

Teenagers' and Children's Courses

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

No courses are currently scheduled.

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=979&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.

10-day Courses for Old Students have the same timetable and discipline as 10-day courses. These courses are open to serious old students who have completed at least three 10-day courses and one Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta course, 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, are trying to maintain the five precepts in their daily lives, and trying to maintain daily practice.

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.