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

There are two centres offering 10-day courses for new and old students in the UK:  Dhamma Dipa in Herefordshire and Dhamma Sukhakāri in Suffolk. Dhamma Padhāna also offers courses for experienced (old) students. This page includes all opportunities to sit and serve in the UK; select a button below to choose a course by location.
 
How to Apply to Attend or Serve a Course
  1. Access the application form by clicking Apply for the desired course. Old 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 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.
  5. 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
Address: Dhamma Dipa, Pencoyd, St Owens Cross, Hereford HR2 8NG 
Tel: 01989 730234
Email: [email protected]
 
Address: Dhamma Sukhakāri,  Walnut Tree Manor, Haughley Green, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 3RQ
Tel:01449 833080
Email: [email protected]
 
Website: https://www.uk.dhamma.org
Dhamma Dīpa (Herefordshire) Dhamma Sukhakāri
(Suffolk)
Dhamma Padhāna
(Long-course centre)
Northern England Scotland Ireland Children and Teenagers Old Student Group Sits
and 1-Day Courses
 
Ten Day & Other Adult Courses

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

Important messages regarding Coronavirus
Please refer to the individual centre's schedule pages. Use the links above to access them

Now that courses are opening up again, servers are needed on all courses and between courses too. Full and part-timers always welcome.

2022 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
Apply* 10 May - 21 May 10-Day In Progress Stowmarket, Suffolk
Apply* 11 May - 22 May 10-Day In Progress Herefordshire
21 May - 22 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.
Apply* 21 May - 25 May Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 22 May - 25 May Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.

Apply* 25 May - 05 Jun 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open Herefordshire servers needed
Apply* 25 May - 05 Jun 10-Day New Women - Closed Old Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Full Time Servers Required. Part Time, 1st half of course.
Apply* 05 Jun - 08 Jun Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 05 Jun - 08 Jun Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.

Apply* 08 Jun - 19 Jun 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk Server Applications Needed.
Apply* 08 Jun - 19 Jun 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open Herefordshire
18 Jun - 19 Jun Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
Apply* 19 Jun - 22 Jun Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.

Apply* 19 Jun - 23 Jun Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 22 Jun - 03 Jul 10-Day Women - Wait List Men - Closed Servers - Open Herefordshire
Apply* 23 Jun - 26 Jun 3-Day Women - Closed Men - Wait List Female Server - Filling Up Male Server - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Apply* 27 Jun - 05 Jul General Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Apply* 03 Jul - 05 Jul Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.

Apply* 05 Jul - 16 Jul 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk
Apply* 05 Jul - 16 Jul 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open Herefordshire
16 Jul - 17 Jul Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
16 Jul - 17 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.
Apply* 16 Jul - 21 Jul Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 16 Jul - 27 Jul Long Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.
Apply* 21 Jul - 24 Jul 3-Day Women - Wait List Men - Filling Up Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
24 Jul Open Day CANCELLED Herefordshire From 2pm to 6pm. All welcome
Apply* 25 Jul - 27 Jul Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 27 Jul - 07 Aug 10-Day Women - Wait List Men - Wait List Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk
Apply* 27 Jul - 07 Aug 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Closed Servers - Open Herefordshire
Apply* 07 Aug - 10 Aug Service Period Open Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.

Apply* 07 Aug - 10 Aug Service Period Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
Apply* 10 Aug - 21 Aug Hindi / Nepali course Women - Filling Up Men - Open Servers - Open Herefordshire For Hindi and Nepali speaking students only. Servers do not need to speak Hindi or Nepali
Apply* 10 Aug - 21 Aug 10-Day Women - Closed Men - Wait List Servers - Open Stowmarket, Suffolk
21 Aug - 24 Aug Service Period Applications accepted starting 23 May Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.

21 Aug - 26 Aug Service Period Applications accepted starting 26 May Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
24 Aug - 04 Sep 10-Day Applications accepted starting 26 May Herefordshire
29 Aug - 01 Sep Service Period Applications accepted starting 03 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
01 Sep - 04 Sep 3-Day Applications accepted starting 03 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
04 Sep - 07 Sep Service Period Applications accepted starting 06 Jun Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 2 years.

05 Sep - 09 Nov General Service Period Applications accepted starting 07 Jun Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
07 Sep - 18 Sep 10-Day Applications accepted starting 09 Jun Herefordshire
10 Sep - 11 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.
18 Sep - 23 Sep Service Period Applications accepted starting 20 Jun Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.

25 Sep - 05 Oct Long Service Period Applications accepted starting 27 Jun Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.
01 Oct - 02 Oct Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: AGM and Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
05 Oct - 16 Oct 10-Day Applications accepted starting 07 Jul Herefordshire
15 Oct - 16 Oct 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.
16 Oct - 21 Oct Service Period Applications accepted starting 18 Jul Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.

21 Oct - 30 Oct Satipatthana Sutta Applications accepted starting 23 Jul Herefordshire For old students
30 Oct - 02 Nov Service Period Applications accepted starting 01 Aug Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.

02 Nov - 13 Nov 10-Day Applications accepted starting 04 Aug Herefordshire
09 Nov - 20 Nov 10-Day Applications accepted starting 11 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk
13 Nov - 16 Nov Service Period Applications accepted starting 15 Aug Herefordshire For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.

16 Nov - 27 Nov 10-Day Applications accepted starting 18 Aug Herefordshire
20 Nov - 23 Nov Service Period Applications accepted starting 25 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
23 Nov - 04 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 25 Aug Stowmarket, Suffolk
26 Nov - 27 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. This meeting will be held remotely.
27 Nov - 07 Dec Long Service Period Applications accepted starting 29 Aug Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.
03 Dec - 04 Dec Trust meeting Open Herefordshire Saturday: Committee meetings from 2pm.
Sunday: Trust meeting from 9am.
All old students are welcome
04 Dec - 07 Dec Service Period Applications accepted starting 08 Sep Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
07 Dec - 18 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 08 Sep Herefordshire
07 Dec - 18 Dec 10-Day Applications accepted starting 08 Sep Stowmarket, Suffolk
18 Dec - 23 Dec Service Period Applications accepted starting 22 Sep Stowmarket, Suffolk For old students
Help set up the next course. Part-Time welcome.
18 Dec - 27 Dec Long Service Period Applications accepted starting 19 Sep Herefordshire For old students
Help with a variety of centre upkeep projects. Part-Time welcome. Applicants must have sat a 10-day course within the last 3 years.
23 December, 2022 - 03 January, 2023 10-Day Applications accepted starting 24 Sep Stowmarket, Suffolk
27 December, 2022 - 07 January, 2023 10-Day Applications accepted starting 28 Sep Herefordshire
2023 Ten Day & Other Adult Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
07 Jan - 08 Jan 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.
 
Teenagers' and Children's Courses
Courses for young people.
See Comments for any special instructions for events in this section.
2022 Teenagers' and Children's Courses
Attend / Serve Dates Course Type Status Location Comments
27 Aug - 28 Aug Children / Teens Applications accepted starting 29 May Stowmarket, Suffolk This may be a 2 day course, or 2 one day courses. Further details to appear here.
23 Sep - 25 Sep Young Person`s Courses Boys 12-18, Girls 12-18 Applications accepted starting 25 Jun Herefordshire
 
 

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

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.

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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