Goenka (U Ba Khin) · Residential centre
Dhamma Manda
Kelseyville (Cobb Mountain area), California, United States · Also called Dhamma Maṇḍa, Northern California Vipassana Center
Dhamma Manda ('essence of Dhamma'), the Northern California Vipassana Center, is on seventeen acres of pine, fir and oak in the Cobb Mountain area of Lake County. It is about two and a half hours' drive from San Francisco. Its first course was held in 2009.
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).
Sources
- manda.dhamma.org/about/
- manda.dhamma.org/contact/
- dhamma.org/en/locations/directory#manda
- dhamma.org/en/schedules/schmanda
- dhamma.org/en/maps#manda
Details checked 25 Sept 2026. Course dates, rules and contacts change: confirm on the centre’s own site.
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