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): Swedish / English
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: info@sobhana.dhamma.org
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 to Attend* Apply to Serve* | 25 Aug - 27 Aug | Childrens Course 8-12 years old | Open | Ödeshög | Applying children must be able to communicate in Swedish. |
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 12 Jul - 23 Jul | 10-Day | Completed | Ödeshög | ||
| 26 Jul - 06 Aug | 10-Day | Completed | Ödeshög | ||
| 09 Aug - 20 Aug | 10-Day | Completed | Ödeshög | ||
| 20 Aug | Open Day | Completed | Ödeshög | Open Day 12 am - 5 pm. All welcome! | |
| 20 Aug - 31 Aug | Work Period | In Progress | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| Apply | 31 Aug - 09 Sep | Satipatthana Sutta | Women - Open Men - Filling Up Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply | 09 Sep - 10 Sep | Trust Meeting Weekend | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 09.15 am: Trust meeting All old students are welcome! |
| Apply | 13 Sep - 17 Sep | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Women - Filling Up Men - Filling Up Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply | 20 Sep - 01 Oct | 10-Day | New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Ödeshög | |
| Apply | 04 Oct - 15 Oct |
10-Day
Danish / English |
New Women - Closed Old Women - Short Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
Course languages: English and Danish
Priority will be given to Danish speakers until August 4. |
| Apply | 15 Oct - 25 Oct | Work Period | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| Apply | 21 Oct - 22 Oct | Trust Meeting Weekend | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15 am: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
| Apply | 25 Oct - 05 Nov | 10-Day | Women - Wait List New Men - Wait List Old Men - Filling Up Servers - Open | Ödeshög | |
| Apply | 08 Nov - 19 Nov | 10-Day | New Women - Wait List Old Women - Open New Men - Wait List Old Men - Filling Up Servers - Open | Ödeshög | |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 24 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 26 Nov - 06 Dec | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 28 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 02 Dec - 03 Dec | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 03 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 06 Dec - 17 Dec | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 07 Sep | Ödeshög | ||
| 17 Dec - 27 Dec | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 18 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 27 December, 2017 - 07 January, 2018 | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 28 Sep | Ödeshög |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 10 Jan - 21 Jan | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 12 Oct | Ödeshög | ||
| 24 Jan - 04 Feb | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 26 Oct | Ödeshög | ||
| 07 Feb - 18 Feb |
10-Day
Danish / English |
Applications accepted starting 09 Nov | Ödeshög |
Course languages. English and Danish
Priority will be given to Danish speakers until January 7. |
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| 18 Feb - 28 Feb | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 20 Nov | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 24 Feb - 25 Feb | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 26 Nov | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 28 Feb - 11 Mar | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 30 Nov | Ödeshög | ||
| 14 Mar - 25 Mar | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 14 Dec | Ödeshög | ||
| 28 Mar - 08 Apr | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 28 Dec | Ödeshög | ||
| 10 Apr - 21 Apr |
10-Day
Persian (Farsi) / English |
Applications accepted starting 10 Dec | Ödeshög |
Course languages: English and Persian (Farsi)
Priority will be given to Farsi speakers until March 10. |
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| 21 Apr - 22 Apr | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 21 Jan | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 25 Apr - 29 Apr | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 25 Jan | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 29 Apr - 09 May | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 29 Jan | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 09 May - 20 May | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 08 Feb | Ödeshög | ||
| 23 May - 03 Jun | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 22 Feb | Ödeshög | ||
| 06 Jun - 17 Jun | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 08 Mar | Ödeshög | ||
| 17 Jun - 25 Jun | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 19 Mar | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 23 Jun - 24 Jun | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 25 Mar | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 25 Jun - 04 Jul | Satipatthana Sutta | Applications accepted starting 27 Mar | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 05 Jul - 09 Jul |
European Trustees and Dhamma Servers Meeting
English |
Applications accepted starting 06 Jan | Ödeshög | ||
| 11 Jul - 22 Jul | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 12 Apr | Ödeshög | ||
| 25 Jul - 05 Aug | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 26 Apr | Ödeshög | ||
| 08 Aug - 19 Aug | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 10 May | Ödeshög | ||
| 21 Aug - 01 Sep | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 23 May | Ödeshög | ||
| 01 Sep - 02 Sep | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 03 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 - 12 Sep | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 03 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 12 Sep - 16 Sep | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 14 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 19 Sep - 30 Sep | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 21 Jun | Ödeshög | ||
| 03 Oct - 14 Oct | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 05 Jul | Ödeshög | ||
| 16 Oct - 27 Oct | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 18 Jul | Ödeshög | ||
| 27 Oct - 28 Oct | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 29 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 27 Oct - 07 Nov | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 29 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 07 Nov - 18 Nov | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 09 Aug | Ödeshög | ||
| 21 Nov - 25 Nov | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 23 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 25 Nov - 04 Dec | Work Period | Applications accepted starting 27 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 04 Dec - 15 Dec | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 05 Sep | Ödeshög | ||
| 15 Dec - 16 Dec | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 16 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, 2018 - 06 January, 2019 | 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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| 12 Jul - 23 Jul | 10-Day | Completed | Aabybro | Course languages: English and Danish | |
| Apply | 27 Aug | 1-Day | Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Wait List | Copenhagen |
For old students |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 09 Aug - 20 Aug | 10-Day | Completed | Liesjärvi | ||
| Apply | 23 Aug - 03 Sep | 10-Day | In Progress | Liesjärvi |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 26 Jul - 30 Jul | 3-Day | Completed | Mysuseter |
For old students Course language: English |
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| 31 Jul - 11 Aug | 10-Day | Completed | Mysuseter | Course language: English |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| Apply | 15 Oct | 1-Day | Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed | Gothenburg |
For old students |
| Apply | 12 Nov | 1-Day | Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed | Gothenburg |
For old students |
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: info@sobhana.dhamma.org
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.
Open Days are held between meditation courses. All are welcome to attend and learn about Vipassana Meditation and the Centre.
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.