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Dhamma Sukhakāri
Offering courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
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Sukhakari
Dhamma Sukhakāri, Stowmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English

 

A new 10-day centre in the UK, set in 20 acres of land on the edge of Haughley Green, in the Suffolk countryside, a few miles from Stowmarket station. From summer 2018, the new centre will offer a programme of 10- and 3-day courses for up to 80 students, as well as courses for children and young people. Dhamma Sukhakāri means ‘giving the happiness of Dhamma’.

Courses are also held in other locations in the UK and Ireland

           
  1. Access the application form by clicking Apply for the desired course. Returning students will be given the option to serve.
  2. Please carefully read the Introduction to the Technique and Code of Discipline which you will be asked to follow during your course.
  3. Fully and completely fill out all the sections of application form and submit it. An application is required to register for all courses.
  4. Await notification. All correspondence will be through e-mail if you provided one in your application. We aim to respond within two weeks. Please check your spam folder for our email.
  5. If your application is accepted we will ask you to reconfirm a month before the course begins in order to secure your place.
Waiting Lists: Those applying for courses marked as 'Wait List' will only be offered places as they become available due to cancellations. We have a reconfirmation process which typically elicits cancellations 2 to 3 weeks before the course starts. Places can even become available up to the day of the course but there is no guarantee of this.
 
Please note:  All courses are offered subject to availability of assistant teachers, who are volunteers like all course servers.  In the rare event that a teacher is unavailable and the course has to be cancelled we will inform you by email. 
Additional information

 

Address: Dhamma Sukhakari,  Walnut Tree Manor, Haughley Green, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 3RQ

 
email:  [email protected]
 
Tel: 01449 833080

All UK courses Dhamma Dīpa (Herefordshire) Dhamma Padhāna
(Long-course centre)
Northern England Scotland Ireland Children and Teenagers Old Student Group Sits
and 1-Day Courses
 
Ten Day & Other Courses

Applications are accepted from 8 p.m. in the summer and 7 p.m. in the winter UK time on the day courses open for registration.

Note: The 'apply' link will not be visible until then. Also the actual opening time may be a few minutes or even up to an hour later.This is due to the automated nature of the system. You will need to refresh this page to see the 'apply' link as this page does not auto-refresh.

2023 Ten Day & Other Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
Apply* 25 Jan - 05 Feb 10-Day In Progress Stowmarket, Suffolk Male Part Time Servers Required
Apply* 05 Feb - 08 Feb Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students

Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.

Sunday Only: Tree Planting Day

Apply* 08 Feb - 19 Feb 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List New Men - Closed Old Men - Wait List Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Full Time Female Servers Needed
Apply* 19 Feb - 08 Mar Long Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Painting and decorating skills especially welcome. Apply full-time or part-time.
04 Mar - 05 Mar Dhamma Sukhakari Trust Meeting Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm. Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am. All old students are welcome. Contact [email protected] for details.
Apply* 08 Mar - 19 Mar 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk
Apply* 19 Mar - 22 Mar Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 22 Mar - 02 Apr 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk
Apply* 02 Apr - 05 Apr Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 05 Apr - 16 Apr 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk
Apply* 16 Apr - 20 Apr Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 20 Apr - 23 Apr 3-Day Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
This course finishes at about 4pm on Sunday.
Apply* 24 Apr - 27 Apr Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 28 Apr - 30 Apr Children / Teens New Girls - Open Old Girls - Closed New Boys - Open Old Boys - Closed Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Mixed Gender, 8-11yrs.
01 May - 04 May Service Period Applications accepted starting 03 Feb Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
05 May - 07 May Children / Teens Applications accepted starting 04 Feb Stowmarket, Suffolk Female Only. 12-18yrs.
08 May - 10 May Service Period Applications accepted starting 10 Feb Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
10 May - 13 May 3-Day Applications accepted starting 09 Feb Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
This course finishes at about 4pm on Sunday.
14 May - 16 May Service Period Applications accepted starting 16 Feb Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
16 May - 27 May 10-Day Applications accepted starting 15 Feb Stowmarket, Suffolk
27 May - 28 May Dhamma Sukhakari Trust Meeting Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm. Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am. All old students are welcome. Contact [email protected] for details.
27 May - 29 May Service Period Applications accepted starting 01 Mar Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
29 May - 07 Jun Satipatthana Sutta Applications accepted starting 28 Feb Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
08 Jun - 11 Jun European Dhamma Server Meeting Applications accepted starting 28 Feb Stowmarket, Suffolk For Old Students only.
11 Jun - 14 Jun Service Period Applications accepted starting 16 Mar Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
14 Jun - 25 Jun 10-Day Applications accepted starting 16 Mar Stowmarket, Suffolk
25 Jun - 28 Jun Service Period Applications accepted starting 30 Mar Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
28 Jun - 09 Jul 10-Day Applications accepted starting 30 Mar Stowmarket, Suffolk
09 Jul - 19 Jul Long Service Period Applications accepted starting 10 Apr Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-time welcome.
15 Jul - 16 Jul Dhamma Sukhakari Trust Meeting Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm. Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am. All old students are welcome. Contact [email protected] for details.
19 Jul - 30 Jul 10-Day Applications accepted starting 20 Apr Stowmarket, Suffolk
30 Jul - 02 Aug Service Period Applications accepted starting 04 May Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
02 Aug - 13 Aug 10-Day Applications accepted starting 04 May Stowmarket, Suffolk
13 Aug - 16 Aug Service Period Applications accepted starting 18 May Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
16 Aug - 27 Aug 10-Day Applications accepted starting 18 May Stowmarket, Suffolk
27 Aug - 31 Aug Service Period Applications accepted starting 01 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
01 Sep - 03 Sep Children / Teens Applications accepted starting 03 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk Mixed Gender, 8-11yrs.
04 Sep - 06 Sep Service Period Applications accepted starting 09 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
06 Sep - 09 Sep 3-Day Applications accepted starting 08 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
This course finishes at about 4pm on Sunday.
10 Sep - 12 Sep Service Period Applications accepted starting 15 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
12 Sep - 23 Sep 10-Day Applications accepted starting 14 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk
23 Sep - 24 Sep Dhamma Sukhakari Trust Meeting Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm. Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am. All old students are welcome. Contact [email protected] for details.
23 Sep - 27 Sep Service Period Applications accepted starting 28 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
27 Sep - 08 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 29 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk
08 Oct - 11 Oct Service Period Applications accepted starting 13 Jul Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
11 Oct - 22 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 13 Jul Stowmarket, Suffolk
22 Oct - 26 Oct Service Period Applications accepted starting 27 Jul Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
27 Oct - 29 Oct Children / Teens Applications accepted starting 29 Jul Stowmarket, Suffolk Male Only. 12-18yrs
30 Oct - 01 Nov Service Period Applications accepted starting 04 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
01 Nov - 04 Nov 3-Day Applications accepted starting 03 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
This course finishes at about 4pm on Sunday.
05 Nov - 07 Nov Service Period Applications accepted starting 10 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
07 Nov - 18 Nov 10-Day Applications accepted starting 09 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk
18 Nov - 19 Nov Dhamma Sukhakari Trust Meeting Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm. Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am. All old students are welcome. Contact [email protected] for details.
18 Nov - 22 Nov Service Period Applications accepted starting 23 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
22 Nov - 03 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 24 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk
03 Dec - 06 Dec Service Period Applications accepted starting 07 Sep Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
06 Dec - 17 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 07 Sep Stowmarket, Suffolk
17 Dec - 22 Dec Service Period Applications accepted starting 21 Sep Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
22 December, 2023 - 02 January, 2024 10-Day Applications accepted starting 23 Sep Stowmarket, Suffolk
 
 

To access the Old Student Regional Site please click http://sukhakari.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.

Teenagers' Anapana Courses are available for teens in different age ranges from 13-18 years old. Their parents/guardians do not have to be Vipassana meditators.

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.

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.

 
 

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