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 mainly to serve the Nordic area but students come from all over the world. Dhamma Sobhana offers 20-25 courses a year, with about 1 800 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
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply* | 05 May - 07 May |
Teenagers 12-18 years
Swedish |
Open | Ödeshög | The course is held in Swedish only. |
| 25 Aug - 27 Aug |
Children 8-12 years
Swedish |
Applications accepted starting 27 May | Ödeshög | The course is held in Swedish only. | |
| 20 Oct - 22 Oct |
Teenagers 12-18 years
Swedish |
Applications accepted starting 22 Jul | Ödeshög | 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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| Apply* | 15 Mar - 26 Mar | 10-Day | In Progress | Ödeshög |
Servers are needed |
| Apply* | 26 Mar - 29 Mar | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 29 Mar - 02 Apr | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Women - Wait List Men - Filling Up Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 02 Apr - 04 Apr | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 04 Apr - 15 Apr | 10-Day | New Women - Wait List Old Women - Filling Up Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Ödeshög | |
| Apply* | 15 Apr - 16 Apr | Trust Meeting Weekend | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 7.30-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
| Apply* | 15 Apr - 19 Apr | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 19 Apr - 30 Apr | 10-Day | New Women - Wait List Old Women - Filling Up New Men - Wait List Old Men - Filling Up Servers - Open | Ödeshög | |
| Apply* | 30 Apr - 10 May | Service Period | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 10 May - 21 May | 10-Day | New Women - Closed Old Women - Filling Up New Men - Wait List Old Men - Open Servers - Open | Ödeshög | |
| Apply* | 21 May - 24 May | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 24 May - 04 Jun |
10-Day
English / Persian (Farsi) |
Women - Wait List New Men - Wait List Old Men - Filling Up Female Server - Wait List Male Server - Open | Ödeshög |
Students with Farsi as their first language are given priority until 24 March. |
| Apply* | 04 Jun - 06 Jun | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply* | 06 Jun - 17 Jun |
10-Day
English / Finnish |
New Women - Wait List Old Women - Filling Up New Men - Filling Up Old Men - Open Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
Students with Finnish as their first language are given priority until 22 March |
| Apply* | 17 Jun - 18 Jun | Trust Meeting Weekend | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 7.30-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
| Apply* | 17 Jun - 21 Jun | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| 21 Jun - 25 Jun | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 23 Mar | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 25 Jun - 28 Jun | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 27 Mar | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 28 Jun - 09 Jul | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 30 Mar | Ödeshög | ||
| 09 Jul - 12 Jul | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 10 Apr | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 12 Jul - 23 Jul | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 13 Apr | Ödeshög | ||
| 23 Jul - 26 Jul | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 24 Apr | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 26 Jul - 06 Aug | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 27 Apr | Ödeshög | ||
| 06 Aug - 08 Aug | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 08 May | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 08 Aug - 19 Aug | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 10 May | Ödeshög | ||
| 19 Aug - 20 Aug | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 21 May | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 7.30-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 19 Aug - 30 Aug | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 21 May | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 30 Aug - 03 Sep | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 01 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 03 Sep - 06 Sep | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 05 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 06 Sep - 17 Sep |
10-Day
English / Danish |
Applications accepted starting 08 Jun | Ödeshög |
Students with Danish as their first language are given priority until 22 June |
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| 17 Sep - 22 Sep | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 19 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 22 Sep - 01 Oct | Satipatthana Sutta | Applications accepted starting 24 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 01 Oct - 03 Oct | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 03 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 03 Oct - 14 Oct |
10-Day
English / Finnish |
Applications accepted starting 05 Jul | Ödeshög |
Students with Finnish as their first language are given priority until 19 July |
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| 14 Oct - 15 Oct | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 16 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 7.30-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 14 Oct - 25 Oct | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 16 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 25 Oct - 05 Nov |
10-Day
English / Norwegian |
Applications accepted starting 27 Jul | Ödeshög |
Students with Norwegian as their first language are given priority until 10 August |
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| 05 Nov - 08 Nov | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 07 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 08 Nov - 12 Nov | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 10 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 12 Nov - 15 Nov | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 14 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 15 Nov - 26 Nov | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 17 Aug | Ödeshög | ||
| 26 Nov - 28 Nov | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 28 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 28 Nov - 09 Dec | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 30 Aug | Ödeshög | ||
| 09 Dec - 10 Dec | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 10 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 7.30-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 09 Dec - 13 Dec | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 10 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 13 Dec - 24 Dec | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 14 Sep | Ödeshög | ||
| 24 Dec - 27 Dec | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 25 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 27 December, 2023 - 07 January, 2024 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 28 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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| Apply* | 23 Apr | 1-Day | Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed | Gothenburg, Landala |
For old students |
| Apply* | 21 May | 1-Day | Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed | Gothenburg, Landala |
For old students |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply* | 26 Mar | 1-Day | Open | Copenhagen |
For old students |
| Apply* | 22 Apr | 1-Day | Open | Copenhagen |
For old students |
| Apply* | 24 Jun | 1-Day | Open | Copenhagen |
For old students |
| 07 Aug - 11 Aug |
3-Day
English / Danish |
Applications accepted starting 07 May | Hvalsø, Denmark |
For old students |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply* | 26 Mar |
4 hour Meditation
English |
Closed | Helsinki |
New Course!!For old students |
| Apply* | 05 Apr - 16 Apr | 10-Day | New Women - Wait List Old Women - Open Men - Wait List Female Server - Wait List Male Server - Filling Up | Heimari, Ristiina | |
| 06 Jun - 17 Jun | 10-Day | Open | Ödeshög, Sweden |
This course will be held at the Nordic Vipassana center in Sweden. Please apply via Dhamma Sobhana's schedule page: https://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schsobhana |
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| 03 Oct - 14 Oct | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 05 Jul | Ödeshög, Sweden |
This course will be held at the Nordic Vipassana center in Sweden. Please apply via Dhamma Sobhana's schedule page: https://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schsobhana |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply* | 02 Apr |
1-Day
English |
Women - Filling Up Men - Filling Up Servers - Closed | Oslo |
For old students |
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://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.
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.
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.
