Dhamma Utkal

Dhamma Utkal ('Excellence of Dhamma') is at Chanabera village (spelt Chanabeda on the centre's own site) in Nuapada district, Odisha, near the border with Chhattisgarh. It is about 7 km from Khariar Road railway station and about 120 km from Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. The 11-acre site is full of eucalyptus trees, with two small rivers and a small hill nearby. dhamma.org and VRI both give 2014 as the year it started. dhamma.org says the Dhamma hall, residences for 40 men and women, the dining and office complex and the boundary wall are complete, and that 10-day courses are held every month. The schedule also includes special 10-day and Satipatthana Sutta courses for experienced old students, 1-day and 3-day courses for old students, and separate 7-day courses for teenage boys and girls. Instructions are given in Hindi, English and Odia.

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).