Vipassana Meditation in Java

Vipassana Meditation in Java is dhamma.org's listing for the course site in the Gadog-Puncak area of Bogor, West Java, where courses in S. N. Goenka's tradition are held. The Indonesian Vipassana website, id.dhamma.org, places it about an hour's drive from Jakarta and says it is easy to reach by public transport from Bogor. The site is surrounded by a small forest and stands between two branches of the Ciliwung river, some way from the highway, in a cool climate. It has two halls and lodging for 60 students, and every bedroom is air-conditioned with its own toilet and bathroom. Courses are taught in English and Indonesian. The schedule lists 10-day courses and Satipatthana Sutta courses for old students at the site, and one-day courses for old students at a separate venue in West Jakarta. The listing's website link still points to java.dhamma.org, which, when checked in October 2026, showed only a notice: Dhamma Java has not been an authorised centre for courses in this tradition since July 2020, and the only two authorised course sites in Indonesia are this Gadog-Puncak site and Dhamma Geha in Bali. The notice directs people to id.dhamma.org for courses. Dhamma Java was a separate centre, at Gunung Geulis in Bogor Regency according to the Vipassana Research Institute's directory, which still lists it.

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).