Dhamma Vipula

Dhamma Vipula ('Dhamma Profound') stands on 3 acres of forest at the highest point of Parsik Hill in CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai. VRI's timeline calls it the second centre for executives, after Dhamma Pattana, and the centre's site says it was built for senior professionals from business and government who lead hectic lives. The centre's site says construction began in 2005; VRI's centre directory gives 2012 as its year of setup. The two-storey main building takes about 100 students on 10-day courses, with self-contained air-conditioned rooms, a dining hall, a fully air-conditioned meditation hall and a pagoda of more than 100 cells for individual meditation. A lift is available for elderly and pregnant students and those with health problems. A separate wing holds two- and three-day courses for about 30 old students, and another hall is used for one-day courses for old students every Sunday, which need no advance registration. The centre also holds regular children's courses. The nearest railway stations are Seawoods Darave (East) and Nerul (East) on the Harbour line, about 3 km away; rickshaws go up the hill, and NMMT buses run from Nerul station. Courses are free, including food and accommodation, and are paid for by donations from old students.

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).