Dhamma Visuddhi

Dhamma Visuddhi ('purity of Dhamma') is on 15 forested acres on bluffs above the Red Cedar River and the town of Menomonie, in a traditional dairy-farming area of western Wisconsin. The site is within the city limits but quiet and secluded, a little over an hour's drive east of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and their airport. It is run by the Minnesota Vipassana Association, and its first course was held in 2013. A 19th-century mansion is the centrepiece of the campus and holds the kitchen, dining halls and some student rooms; a building first put up as a conference centre serves as the meditation hall, with separate entrances for men and women. All accommodation is dormitory style, in shared rooms (some with bunk beds) with shared bathrooms, and courses take between 20 and 45 students. The centre holds 10-day courses and short courses for old students. Courses run solely on donations, which are accepted only from people who have completed a 10-day course. Menomonie can be reached by public transport: Groome Transportation shuttles run from MSP airport and Eau Claire, and Greyhound and Jefferson Lines buses also serve the town.

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).