Dhamma Aranya

Dhamma Aranya, meaning 'The Forest of Dhamma', is a centre on 35 acres at Badodia (also spelt Barodiya) village near Kotkhawada and Chaksu, south of Jaipur; its first course was held in 2017. Its pages are on the website of Dhamma Thali, the Jaipur centre, which gives the distances as 42 km from Jaipur airport and 53 km from Jaipur railway station. By car, take Tonk Road out of Jaipur towards Tonk and Kota; about 12 km after the toll station near Shivdaspura, turn left for Kotkhawada, and after about 5 km, past the RMC factory, turn right for Badodia, following 'Vipassana' signs for the last kilometre. By bus, take a Chaksu bus from Ajmeri Gate in Jaipur (about an hour), then a local jeep towards Kotkhawada as far as the Badodia turn, about 1 km on foot from the centre. Two small bungalows serve as teachers' residences, and students stay in 19 single rooms, 11 of them with attached toilets. Courses are taught in Hindi and English; as of 2026 the schedule has 10-day courses, Satipatthana Sutta courses and 3-day courses for old students. Postal correspondence goes through Dhamma Thali in Jaipur.

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).