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 / Swedish
Dhamma Sobhana means "Beauty of Dhamma" in Pali language and is the first Vipassana centre to be established in the Nordic area. It's located in central Sweden, near Ödeshög, Vadstena and Linköping. By car it's about two and a half hours from Stockholm and Gothenburg (Göteborg), and about three and a half hours from Malmö. The centre was established in 2007 to serve mainly the Nordic area but students come from all over the world. Dhamma Sobhana offers 20-25 courses a year, with about 1 600 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: Dhamma Sobhana, Holmen 1, S-599 93 Ödeshög, Sweden
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [46](0) 143 - 211 36
Applications are accepted from 8 pm (9 pm with daylight savings time) on the day the course opens for registration.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply* | 30 Nov - 02 Dec |
Teen
Swedish |
Girls - Closed Boys - Open Servers - Open | Ödeshög | For teenage boys 13-18 years. The course is held in Swedish only. |
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 19 Sep - 30 Sep | 10-Day | Completed | Ödeshög | ||
| 03 Oct - 14 Oct | 10-Day | Completed | Ödeshög | ||
| Apply* | 16 Oct - 27 Oct |
10-Day
English / Danish |
In Progress | Ödeshög | |
| Apply* | 27 Oct - 28 Oct | Trust Meeting Weekend | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
| Apply* | 27 Oct - 07 Nov | Work Period | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 07 Nov - 18 Nov | 10-Day | Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
SERVERS ARE NEEDED |
| Apply* | 21 Nov - 25 Nov | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 25 Nov - 04 Dec | Work Period | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 04 Dec - 15 Dec | 10-Day | New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Ödeshög | |
| Apply* | 15 Dec - 16 Dec | Trust Meeting Weekend | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
| Apply* | 15 Dec - 26 Dec | Work Period | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 26 December, 2018 - 06 January, 2019 | 10-Day | Women - Closed Men - Closed Female Server - Wait List Male Server - Filling Up | Ödeshög |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply* | 09 Jan - 20 Jan | 10-Day | New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Ödeshög | Registration opens at 9 pm on October 11th |
| 23 Jan - 03 Feb | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 25 Oct | Ödeshög | ||
| 05 Feb - 16 Feb | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 07 Nov | Ödeshög | ||
| 16 Feb - 17 Feb | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 18 Nov | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 20 Feb - 03 Mar | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 22 Nov | Ödeshög | ||
| 06 Mar - 17 Mar | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 06 Dec | Ödeshög | ||
| 17 Mar - 26 Mar | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 17 Dec | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 26 Mar - 06 Apr | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 26 Dec | Ödeshög | ||
| 06 Apr - 07 Apr | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 06 Jan | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 11 Apr - 22 Apr | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 11 Jan | Ödeshög | ||
| 24 Apr - 28 Apr | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 24 Jan | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 28 Apr - 08 May | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 28 Jan | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 08 May - 19 May |
10-Day
English / Persian (Farsi) |
Applications accepted starting 07 Jan | Ödeshög | Course languages: Farsi and English. Farsi speakers will have priority until April 8. | |
| 22 May - 02 Jun | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 21 Feb | Ödeshög | ||
| 05 Jun - 16 Jun |
10-Day
English / Finnish |
Applications accepted starting 07 Mar | Ödeshög | Course languages: Finnish and English. Finnish speakers will have priority until May 5. | |
| 16 Jun - 26 Jun | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 18 Mar | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 22 Jun - 23 Jun | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 24 Mar | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 26 Jun - 07 Jul | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 28 Mar | Ödeshög | ||
| 10 Jul - 21 Jul | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 11 Apr | Ödeshög | ||
| 24 Jul - 04 Aug | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 25 Apr | Ödeshög | ||
| 07 Aug - 18 Aug | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 09 May | Ödeshög | ||
| 22 Aug - 31 Aug | Satipatthana Sutta | Applications accepted starting 24 May | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 31 Aug - 01 Sep | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 02 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 01 Sep - 11 Sep | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 03 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 11 Sep - 15 Sep | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 13 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 18 Sep - 29 Sep | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 20 Jun | Ödeshög | ||
| 02 Oct - 13 Oct | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 04 Jul | Ödeshög | ||
| 15 Oct - 26 Oct | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 17 Jul | Ödeshög | ||
| 26 Oct - 27 Oct | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 28 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 30 Oct - 10 Nov | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 01 Aug | Ödeshög | ||
| 13 Nov - 24 Nov | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 15 Aug | Ödeshög | ||
| 27 Nov - 01 Dec | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 29 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 03 Dec - 14 Dec | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 04 Sep | Ödeshög | ||
| 14 Dec - 15 Dec | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 15 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 15 Dec - 26 Dec | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 16 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 26 December, 2019 - 06 January, 2020 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 27 Sep | Ödeshög |
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 22 Sep | 1-Day | Completed | Filipstad Asphyttan |
For old students Cancelled |
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| 13 Oct | 1-Day | Completed | Stockholm Södermalm |
For old students |
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| Apply* | 10 Nov | 1-Day | Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed | Stockholm Södermalm |
For old students |
| Apply* | 11 Nov | 1-Day | Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed | Gothenburg |
For old students |
| Apply* | 08 Dec | 1-Day | Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed | Stockholm Södermalm |
For old students |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 20 Jan | 1-Day | Applications accepted starting 22 Oct | Uppsala |
For old students |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 22 Sep | 1-Day | Completed | Helsinki |
For old students Only in English |
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| 22 Sep | 1-Day | Completed | Tampere |
For old students Only in English |
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| Apply* | 20 Oct | 1-Day | Women - Wait List Men - Filling Up Servers - Closed | Helsinki |
For old students Only in English |
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.sobhana.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.
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.
