Dhamma Siddhapuri

Dhamma Siddhapuri ('Town of Vipassana Meditators') is at Bhatewadi, on the Soregaon-Dongaon road off the Vijapur road in North Solapur taluka, about 12 km from Solapur railway station and bus stand. dhamma.org gives 2019 as the year of its first course. The 5-acre site has a permanent Dhamma hall for 180 students and, by the centre's own count, 36 rooms (dhamma.org says 35). The centre's site also describes a Miyawaki forest of about 4,000 trees, solar power and rainwater storage. To get there, the centre advises taking a shared rickshaw from the Solapur bus stand or station to Soregaon on the Vijapur road, then an autorickshaw to the centre, because drivers hired for the whole trip often have trouble finding it. dhamma.org describes two 10-day courses a month for men and women, with a one-day course and a children's course each month. The centre's site adds that the children's course is a one-day Anapana course for ages 8 to 18. Satipatthana Sutta courses, 2-day and 3-day courses for old students and 7-day courses for teenagers also appear on the schedule. Instructions are in Hindi, English and Marathi. The centre also takes part in MITRA, a programme run by the Maharashtra government with VRI and local centres to teach Anapana in schools.

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).