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 1 800 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
Due to Covid-19, all courses until now have been cancelled in 2021. Courses scheduled to start later may be cancelled on short notice depending on how the situation develops. Until mid June, courses open for registration two weeks before the start of the course.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 30 Apr - 02 May |
Course for 12-18 year old boys
Swedish |
Applications accepted starting 16 Apr | Ödeshög |
Note: New Dates! The course is held in Swedish only. Number of student limited to 6 boys. |
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| 25 Jun - 27 Jun |
Children 8-12 years
Swedish |
Applications accepted starting 01 May | 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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| 14 Apr - 25 Apr | 10-Day | CANCELLED | Ödeshög |
For information on the registration procedure for this course, please see the top of this page. Number of students limited to 44. |
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| 14 Apr - 05 May | Service Period | In Progress | Ödeshög |
Note: New Dates!For old students |
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| 05 May - 09 May | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 21 Apr | Ödeshög |
For old students For information on the registration procedure for this course, please see the top of this page. Number of students limited to 44. |
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| Apply* | 09 May - 12 May | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| 12 May - 23 May |
10-Day
English / Persian (Farsi) |
Applications accepted starting 26 Apr | Ödeshög |
Students with Farsi as their first language are given priority for the first two days of registration. Number of students limited to 44. |
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| Apply* | 23 May - 26 May | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| 26 May - 06 Jun |
10-Day
English / Finnish |
Applications accepted starting 10 May | Ödeshög |
Finnish speaking students are prioritised for the first two days of registration. If the regional quarantine guidance for those coming from abroad still applies when the registration starts, the course is held in Swedish and English. |
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| Apply* | 06 Jun - 08 Jun | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| 08 Jun - 19 Jun |
10-Day
English / Norwegian |
Applications accepted starting 23 May | Ödeshög |
Students with Norwegian as their first language are prioritised for the first two days of registration. If the quarantine requirement remains when the registration starts, the course is held in Swedish and English. |
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| Apply* | 19 Jun - 20 Jun | Trust Meeting Weekend | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
| Apply* | 19 Jun - 30 Jun | Service Period | Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| 30 Jun - 11 Jul | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 24 May | Ödeshög | ||
| Apply* | 11 Jul - 14 Jul | Service Period | Servers - Open | Ödeshög |
For old students |
| 14 Jul - 25 Jul | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 25 May | Ödeshög | ||
| 25 Jul - 28 Jul | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 26 Apr | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 28 Jul - 08 Aug | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 26 May | Ödeshög | ||
| 08 Aug - 10 Aug | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 10 May | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 10 Aug - 21 Aug | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 27 May | Ödeshög | ||
| 21 Aug - 22 Aug | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 23 May | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 21 Aug - 25 Aug | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 23 May | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 25 Aug - 05 Sep | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 02 Jun | Ödeshög | ||
| 05 Sep - 10 Sep | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 07 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 10 Sep - 19 Sep | Satipatthana Sutta | Applications accepted starting 12 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 19 Sep - 22 Sep | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 21 Jun | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 22 Sep - 03 Oct |
10-Day
English / Norwegian |
Applications accepted starting 24 Jun | Ödeshög | Students with Norwegian as their first language are given priority until July 7. | |
| 03 Oct - 05 Oct | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 05 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 05 Oct - 16 Oct | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 07 Jul | Ödeshög | ||
| 16 Oct - 17 Oct | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 18 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 16 Oct - 20 Oct | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 18 Jul | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 20 Oct - 31 Oct |
10-Day
English / Finnish |
Applications accepted starting 22 Jul | Ödeshög | Students with Finnish as their first language are given priority until August 5. | |
| 31 Oct - 03 Nov | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 02 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 03 Nov - 14 Nov | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 05 Aug | Ödeshög | ||
| 14 Nov - 17 Nov | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 16 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 17 Nov - 21 Nov | 3 Day Course for Old Students | Applications accepted starting 19 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 21 Nov - 23 Nov | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 23 Aug | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 23 Nov - 04 Dec |
10-Day
English / Danish |
Applications accepted starting 25 Aug | Ödeshög | Students with Danish as their first language are given priority until 8 September. | |
| 04 Dec - 05 Dec | Trust Meeting Weekend | Applications accepted starting 05 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students Saturday: Committee meetings Sunday 9.15-12.30: Trust meeting All old students welcome! |
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| 04 Dec - 08 Dec | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 05 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 08 Dec - 19 Dec | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 09 Sep | Ödeshög | ||
| 19 Dec - 26 Dec | Service Period | Applications accepted starting 20 Sep | Ödeshög |
For old students |
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| 26 December, 2021 - 06 January, 2022 | 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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| 11 Aug - 15 Aug |
3-Day
English / Danish |
Applications accepted starting 01 Jun | Hvide Klit |
For old students |
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| 18 Oct - 29 Oct |
10-Day
English / Danish |
Applications accepted starting 01 Jul | Hvide Klit |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 26 May - 06 Jun | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 10 May | Ödeshög, Sweden |
The course will be held at the Nordic Vipassana center in Sweden. Please apply through the Dhamma Sobhana schedule: https://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schsobhana |
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| 17 Jun - 28 Jun | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 15 May | Liesjärvi | ||
| 20 Oct - 31 Oct | 10-Day | Applications accepted starting 22 Jul | Ödeshög, Sweden |
The course will be held at the Nordic Vipassana center in Sweden. Please apply through the Dhamma Sobhana schedule: https://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schsobhana |
| Attend / Serve | Dates | Course Type | Status | Location | Comments |
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| 25 Aug - 05 Sep |
10-Day
English |
Applications accepted starting 25 May | Hornsjø Mountain Hotel | Students with Norwegian as their first language are given priority until the 25th of June. |
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://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.
