Dhamma Vikasa

Dhamma Vikāsa ('progress in Dhamma', a name given by S. N. Goenka) is the second centre of this tradition in Taiwan, in the mountains of Liouguei District, Kaohsiung City, in the south of the island. From 2005, regular non-centre courses, at first small ones for old students, were held at Fa-Yin Abode in Liouguei; the centre was formally established in Liouguei in 2008, and the first phase of building was finished in 2011, the year dhamma.org gives for its first course. Goenka envisioned it as a long-course centre offering courses of 20 days or more to students from around the world. dhamma.org says each meditator has a private single cottage with its own bathroom, and that a second phase, a pagoda with 120 individual cells, began in December 2023 and will make 45-day and 60-day courses possible. The centre's own site describes a large meditation hall, a dining hall and double-room dormitories for about 60 students and a dozen Dhamma workers. Besides 10-day courses, it offers 3-day, Satipatthana Sutta, special 10-day, 20-day and 30-day courses, with instructions in Mandarin and English. As of October 2026, many of the 10-day courses on its schedule are held at a separate venue, Guanyin Temple. The E25 express bus runs from Kaohsiung to Liugui, where the H11 bus continues to Dazun Station, five minutes' walk from the centre.

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).