Vipassana

Wheel of Dhamma

Vipassana Meditation Centre

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

Dhamma Setu, meaning 'Bridge of Dhamma', is situated amid paddy fields and open farmland on the outskirts of the major South Indian metropolis of Chennai (formerly Madras), about 10 kms from the Chennai Airport. The 18 sq acres of land, previously used for rice cultivation, was purchased from 1991 onwards. The long and painstaking process of making the plot suitable for construction bore fruit in May 2000 with Goenkaji’s visit in September of the same year, when Dhamma Setu was formally established.

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 Centre - Dhamma Setu
533 Pazhan Thandalam Road, Thiruneermalai Via, Thirumudivakkam
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 044
India

For Enquiries and Registration: [91] 7550034777 (Timings: 10 am to 12 noon and 3 pm to 5 pm)
E-Mail: setu.dhamma@gmail. com

Teenagers' and Children's Courses

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

2023 Teenagers' and Children's Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
	02 Jul	Children / Teens	Completed	Chennai	Children course Age from 10 Years to 18 Years old may apply.
	27 Aug	Children / Teens	Completed	Chennai	Children course Age from 10 Years to 18 Years old may apply.
	10 Sep	Children / Teens	Completed	Chennai	Children course Age from 10 Years to 18 Years old may apply.
Apply	01 Oct	Children / Teens	Open	Chennai	Children course Age from 10 Years to 18 Years old may apply.
Apply	19 Nov	Children / Teens	Open	Chennai	Children course Age from 10 Years to 18 Years old may apply.
Apply	10 Dec	Children / Teens	Open	Chennai	Children course Age from 10 Years to 18 Years old may apply.
Apply	10 Dec - 18 Dec	7-day Vipassana course for teens	Girls - Open Boys - Closed Female Server - Open Male Server - Closed	Chennai	This course is only for Girls, age from 15 to 19 Years old students may apply.
Apply	23 Dec - 31 Dec	7-day Vipassana course for teens	Girls - Closed Boys - Open Female Server - Closed Male Server - Open	Chennai	This course is only for Boys, age from 15 to 19 Years old students may apply.

2024 Teenagers' and Children's Courses

Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
14 Jan	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 16 Oct	Chennai
28 Jan	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 30 Oct	Chennai	Age from 10 to 18 Years old.
04 Feb	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 06 Nov	Chennai
24 Mar	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 25 Dec	Chennai
07 Apr	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 08 Jan	Chennai
21 Apr	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 22 Jan	Chennai
05 May	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 05 Feb	Chennai
05 May - 13 May	7-day Vipassana course for teens	Applications accepted starting 05 Feb	Chennai
13 May - 21 May	7-day Vipassana course for teens	Applications accepted starting 13 Feb	Chennai	This course is only for Girls, Age from 15 to 19 Years only.
23 May	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 23 Feb	Chennai
09 Jun	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 11 Mar	Chennai
23 Jun	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 25 Mar	Chennai
21 Jul	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 22 Apr	Chennai
04 Aug	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 06 May	Chennai
18 Aug	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 20 May	Chennai
01 Sep	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 03 Jun	Chennai
15 Sep	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 17 Jun	Chennai
29 Sep	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 01 Jul	Chennai
27 Oct	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 29 Jul	Chennai
17 Nov	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 19 Aug	Chennai
01 Dec	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 02 Sep	Chennai
15 Dec	Children / Teens	Applications accepted starting 16 Sep	Chennai
15 Dec - 23 Dec	7-day Vipassana course for teens	Applications accepted starting 16 Sep	Chennai	This course is only for Boys.
23 Dec - 31 Dec	7-day Vipassana course for teens	Applications accepted starting 24 Sep	Chennai	This is only a Girls course.

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.

2023 Short Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
	28 Jun - 01 Jul	3-Day	Completed	Chennai	For old students Male course full and closed.
	02 Jul	1-Day	Completed	Chennai	For old students Only for Old Students who have completed one 10-day course.
	18 Jul - 21 Jul	3-Day	Completed	Chennai	For old students
	27 Aug	1-Day	Completed	Chennai	For old students Only for Old Students who have completed one 10-day course.
	10 Sep	1-Day	Completed	Chennai	For old students Only for Old Students who have completed one 10-day course.
	27 Sep - 30 Sep	3-Day	Completed	Chennai	For old students Course Full
Apply	01 Oct	1-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open	Chennai	For old students Only for Old Students who have completed one 10-day course.
Apply	15 Nov - 18 Nov	3-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open	Chennai	For old students
Apply	19 Nov	1-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open	Chennai	For old students Only for Old Students who have completed one 10-day course.
Apply	06 Dec - 09 Dec	3-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open	Chennai	For old students
Apply	10 Dec	1-Day	New Women - Closed Old Women - Open New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Servers - Open	Chennai	For old students Only for Old Students who have completed one 10-day course.

2024 Short Courses

Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
14 Jan	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 16 Oct	Chennai	For old students
28 Jan	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 30 Oct	Chennai	For old students
01 Feb - 04 Feb	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 03 Nov	Chennai	For old students
04 Feb	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 06 Nov	Chennai	For old students
24 Mar	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 25 Dec	Chennai	For old students
07 Apr	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 08 Jan	Chennai	For old students
21 Apr	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 22 Jan	Chennai	For old students
05 May	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Feb	Chennai	For old students
23 May	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 23 Feb	Chennai	For old students
23 May - 26 May	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 23 Feb	Chennai	For old students
09 Jun	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 11 Mar	Chennai	For old students
23 Jun	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 25 Mar	Chennai	For old students
25 Jun - 28 Jun	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 27 Mar	Chennai	For old students
04 Jul - 07 Jul	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Apr	Chennai	For old students
21 Jul	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 22 Apr	Chennai	For old students
04 Aug	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 06 May	Chennai	For old students
18 Aug	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 20 May	Chennai	For old students
01 Sep	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 03 Jun	Chennai	For old students
15 Sep	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 17 Jun	Chennai	For old students
29 Sep	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 01 Jul	Chennai	For old students
10 Oct - 13 Oct	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 12 Jul	Chennai	For old students
27 Oct	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 29 Jul	Chennai	For old students
28 Oct - 31 Oct	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 30 Jul	Chennai	For old students
17 Nov	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 19 Aug	Chennai	For old students
01 Dec	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 02 Sep	Chennai	For old students
15 Dec	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 16 Sep	Chennai	For old students
19 Dec - 22 Dec	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 20 Sep	Chennai	For old students
26 Dec - 29 Dec	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 27 Sep	Chennai	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.

2023 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
	05 Jul - 16 Jul	10-Day	Completed	Chennai	Male & Female Old & New applicants are full and closed.
	12 Jul - 23 Jul	10-Day	CANCELLED	Chennai	Course stands CANCELLED.
	22 Jul - 30 Jul	Satipatthana Sutta	Completed	Chennai	For old students
	02 Aug - 13 Aug	10-Day	Completed	Chennai	Male Old & New course is full and closed.
	16 Aug - 27 Aug	10-Day	Completed	Chennai	Male Old & New course is full and closed.
	30 Aug - 10 Sep	10-Day	Completed	Chennai	Male course for Old & New students full and closed.
	14 Sep - 25 Sep	Special 10-Day	Completed	Chennai	For old students
	16 Sep - 24 Sep	Satipatthana Sutta	Completed	Chennai	For old students
Apply	04 Oct - 15 Oct	10-Day	Women - Course Full Men - Course Full Servers - Open	Chennai	Male & Female applicants Old & New Course is full and closed.
Apply	18 Oct - 29 Oct	10-Day	Open	Chennai
Apply	31 Oct - 11 Nov	10-Day	Open	Chennai
	08 Nov - 19 Nov	10-Day	CANCELLED	Chennai	Note: New Dates! Course stands CANCELLED.
Apply	22 Nov - 03 Dec	10-Day	Open	Chennai
Apply	12 Dec - 23 Dec	10-Day	Women - Closed New Men - Closed Old Men - Open Female Server - Closed Male Server - Open	Chennai	This course is only for Male Old students course.

2024 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
03 Jan - 14 Jan	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Oct	Chennai
17 Jan - 28 Jan	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 19 Oct	Chennai
10 Feb - 18 Feb	Satipatthana Sutta	Applications accepted starting 12 Nov	Chennai	For old students
10 Feb - 21 Feb	Special 10-Day	Applications accepted starting 12 Nov	Chennai	For old students
10 Feb - 02 Mar	20-Day	Applications accepted starting 12 Nov	Chennai	For old students
10 Feb - 12 Mar	30-Day	Applications accepted starting 12 Nov	Chennai	For old students
13 Mar - 24 Mar	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 14 Dec	Chennai
27 Mar - 07 Apr	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 28 Dec	Chennai
10 Apr - 21 Apr	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 11 Jan	Chennai
24 Apr - 05 May	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 25 Jan	Chennai
06 May - 17 May	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 06 Feb	Chennai	This course is only for Female, Old Students.
14 May - 25 May	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 14 Feb	Chennai	This course is only for Male, Old Students.
29 May - 09 Jun	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 29 Feb	Chennai
12 Jun - 23 Jun	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 14 Mar	Chennai
29 Jun - 07 Jul	Satipatthana Sutta	Applications accepted starting 31 Mar	Chennai	For old students
10 Jul - 21 Jul	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 11 Apr	Chennai
24 Jul - 04 Aug	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 25 Apr	Chennai
07 Aug - 18 Aug	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 09 May	Chennai
21 Aug - 01 Sep	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 23 May	Chennai
04 Sep - 15 Sep	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 06 Jun	Chennai
18 Sep - 29 Sep	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 20 Jun	Chennai
05 Oct - 13 Oct	Satipatthana Sutta	Applications accepted starting 07 Jul	Chennai	For old students
16 Oct - 27 Oct	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 18 Jul	Chennai
06 Nov - 17 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 08 Aug	Chennai
20 Nov - 01 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 22 Aug	Chennai
04 Dec - 15 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Sep	Chennai

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://setu.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.

This is 7 Days Vipassana course for Teenagers of age group 15 to 19 years old.

Children's Anapana 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 open for all teenagers aged 13-18 years old who wish to learn to meditate. Their parents/guardians do not have to be 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.

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.

Special 10-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.

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.

30-day Courses are open only to serious Old Students committed to this technique who have completed a minimum of six 10-day courses (one since their first 20-day course), one 20-day course, one Satipatthana Sutta course, and have been practicing regularly for at least two years.

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.