Dhamma Marudhara

Dhamma Marudhara is the Vipassana centre at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, where residential courses are held through the year. dhamma.org and VRI give the meaning of its name as 'Dhamma in the desert sand', and VRI lists 2009 as its year of setup. The centre is behind Lehariya Resort at Chokha, on the Pal-Chopasni link road; its own contact page gives the address as Chopasni Housing Board, Pal-Jaisalmer bypass road. Jodhpur airport is about 15 km from the centre, and autos and taxis run from it. By road Jodhpur is about 330 km from Jaipur (5 to 6 hours), 260 km from Udaipur and 597 km from Delhi, and it has daily trains from Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and other cities. The schedule includes 10-day courses, Satipatthana Sutta courses, 3-day courses for old students, 7-day courses for teenagers and children's courses. Besides applying online, students can download a form and hand it in at the centre or the Jodhpur office. Old students meet for a weekly group sitting on Sundays.

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).