Dhamma Pattana

Dhamma Pattana ('Harbour of Dhamma') stands on a hill overlooking the beach town of Gorai, inside the Global Vipassana Pagoda complex in Mumbai's outer northern suburbs. VRI describes it as the first centre for courses for executives and professionals, established in 2007; the centre offers courses especially for business executives, professionals and government officials, with the same timetable and teaching as other centres. The building has an air-conditioned Dhamma hall and a pagoda of individual meditation cells for 100 or more students, separate air-conditioned residences for men and women with attached bathrooms, a dining hall and a landscaped garden for walking. Rooms are usually single, though students may occasionally share. It is reached by road from the Western Express Highway, or from Borivali by autorickshaw to Gorai Creek and a ferry across.

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).