Vipassana

Wheel of Dhamma

Vipassana Meditation South Australia

Offering courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
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Dhamma Ujjala, Clare, South Australia
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** Unless noted otherwise, course instructions are given in the following language(s): English

Residential Vipassana meditation courses in this tradition have been held in rented facilities in the Adelaide area since the mid 1980s. Dhamma Ujjala, which means “bright or blazing Dhamma”, was purchased in December 2008. It is located in the pristine Clare Valley, one and three quarter hours north of Adelaide.

How to Apply to Attend or Serve a Course

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.

Additional information

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +61 (0) 498 637 263

Please apply to sit only one 10 day course at a time. All courses open at 7:30 pm (8:30 pm in SA daylight saving time). Due to high demand, additional applications are unable to be processed.

Due to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the Centre has re-opened. Numbers at the Centre are limited and social distancing and hygiene requirements are in place. Courses may need to be cancelled if circumstances change. Please do not visit the Centre without registering beforehand.

These Vipassana courses successfully operate around the world because old students volunteer their time as servers. Occasionally, we may have to ask confirmed old students to serve a course and then receive priority for sitting at there next opportunity.

Short Courses

1-Day, 2-Day, and 3-Day courses are short courses for old students.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.

2022 Short Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
Apply*	02 Jul	1-Day	Women - Filling Up Men - Filling Up Servers - Closed	North Adelaide	For old students South Australian residents only will be accepted on this course.
	29 Jul - 01 Aug	3-Day	CANCELLED	Clare	For old students Without Dhamma Servers courses cannot continue. Take the opportunity and apply to serve on the remaining Uncancelled courses.
Apply*	06 Aug	1-Day	Women - Open Men - Open Servers - Closed	North Adelaide	For old students South Australian residents only will be accepted on this course.
	03 Sep	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Jul	North Adelaide	For old students South Australian residents only will be accepted on this course.
	01 Oct	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 02 Aug	North Adelaide	For old students South Australian residents only will be accepted on this course.
	05 Nov	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 06 Sep	North Adelaide	For old students South Australian residents only will be accepted on this course.
	03 Dec	1-Day	Applications accepted starting 04 Oct	North Adelaide	For old students South Australian residents only will be accepted on this course.
	16 Dec - 19 Dec	3-Day	Applications accepted starting 15 Sep	Clare	For old students

Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

All ten day courses begin on the evening of the first day and end on the early morning of the last day.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.

2022 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

Attend / Serve	Dates	Course Type	Status	Location	Comments
Apply*	15 Jun - 26 Jun	10-Day	In Progress	Clare	Male students only. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.
Apply*	29 Jun - 10 Jul	10-Day	New Women - Long Wait List Old Women - Filling Up Men - Closed Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Open	Clare	Female students only. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.
Apply*	10 Jul - 10 Aug	Work Period	Servers - Open	Clare	For old students
	13 Jul - 24 Jul	10-Day	CANCELLED	Clare	Without Dhamma Servers courses cannot continue. Take the opportunity and apply to serve on the remaining Uncancelled courses.
	10 Aug - 21 Aug	10-Day	CANCELLED	Clare	Without Dhamma Servers courses cannot continue. Take the opportunity and apply to serve on the remaining Uncancelled courses.
	24 Aug - 04 Sep	10-Day	CANCELLED	Clare	Without Dhamma Servers courses cannot continue. Take the opportunity and apply to serve on the remaining Uncancelled courses.
Apply*	07 Sep - 18 Sep	10-Day	Women - Closed Men - Open Servers - Open	Clare	Male students only. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.
Apply*	21 Sep - 02 Oct	10-Day	Open	Clare	Male and Female students. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.
	05 Oct - 16 Oct	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 05 Jul	Clare	Male and Female students. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.
	21 Oct - 30 Oct	Satipatthana Sutta	Applications accepted starting 21 Aug	Clare	For old students Please see eligibility criteria at the bottom of the page. Females and Males.
	02 Nov - 13 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 02 Aug	Clare	Female students only. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.
	16 Nov - 27 Nov	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 16 Aug	Clare	Male and Female students. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.
	27 Nov - 30 Nov	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 29 Aug	Clare	For old students
	30 Nov - 11 Dec	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 30 Aug	Clare	Male and Female students. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.
	11 Dec - 16 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 12 Sep	Clare	For old students
	19 Dec - 26 Dec	Work Period	Applications accepted starting 20 Sep	Clare	For old students
	26 December, 2022 - 06 January, 2023	10-Day	Applications accepted starting 25 Sep	Clare	Male students only. Female and Male servers are welcome on every course especially for longer stays.

Teenagers' and Children's Courses

Courses for young people.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.

No courses are currently scheduled.

As a privacy measure, the online application form encrypts the information you provide us with before it is sent from your computer to our application server.

To access the Old Student Regional Site please click https://www.au.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.

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.