Updated on 11-Oct-2008

To access the Old Student Regional Site please click here. A user name and password will be required to access these pages.

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 - 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 above. Please click on a "Yes" link in the above schedule to apply for Dhamma Service.
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10-day courses 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 7:30am.
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Place availability
Space is still available in the course
Waitlist courses: are courses where the number of students registered equals or exceeds the amount of accommodation space available. However, it is still possible to get a place on the course due to cancellations allowing Waitlist applicants the opportunity to attend.
Full courses: the course is completely full and applications are no longer accepted. This is usually due to an already large number of applicants on the Waitlist.

Service 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 may be special discourses and talks that S.N. Goenka has given to Old Students or other materials about Vipassana.
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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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Satipatthana Sutta courses have the same timetable and discipline as 10-day course. 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 completed at least three 10-day courses, have not been practising any other meditation techniques since their last 10-day course, have been practising this technique of Vipassana for at least one year, and who are keeping all precepts to the best of their ability and strictly keeping 3rd and 5th precepts from time of registration, and trying to maintain the daily practice."
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Teenagers' Courses are open for all children aged 13-16 years old who wish to learn to meditate. Their parents/guardians do not have to be meditators.
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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.
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