Dhamma Pasanna

Dhamma Pasanna is being built on land at Hacienda Tantehue in the commune of Melipilla, Santiago Metropolitan Region; dhamma.org describes it as the first Vipassana centre in Chile. S. N. Goenka gave the name in Pali; the centre's site translates it as 'clarity, brilliance, joy of Dhamma, confidence in Dhamma'. The land, bought in 2008, lies around two hours' drive from Santiago. dhamma.org describes it as 95 hectares of rural land surrounded by native forest, still under construction, and planned to hold 10-day and shorter courses for 80 students. Vipassana Chile, a volunteer non-profit corporation, has organised courses since 1995, when a Chilean meditator who had learned the technique in France arranged the first one with a teacher from abroad. Its site says more than 100 courses have since been held, at places such as Puangue, Pisco Elqui, Salamanca, Valdivia, Temuco, Chonchi and Putaendo, and that there are now six to eight 10-day courses a year, as well as 3-day and 1-day courses for old students and Anapana for children and adults. As of October 2026, the 10-day courses listed under Dhamma Pasanna on dhamma.org take place at Puerto Fonck, in the commune of Puerto Octay, not at the Melipilla site. Instructions are given in Spanish and English.

How to apply

Apply online through the centre's page on dhamma.org (in Nepal, start from np.dhamma.org). New students must first complete a 10-day course, and there is no charge.

What is taught here

Donation-funded 10-day courses taught with S. N. Goenka's recorded instructions, in the line of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, at centres in Nepal and worldwide. Read about Goenka (U Ba Khin).