Vipassana Centers
The first 10 day course in Portugal was held in Algarve in 1990 for only 9 students. Two of the students were old students and they were not Portuguese. At that moment, there were only two Vipassana students in Portugal. Since then, one 10 day course was conducted every year, having increased later on to two/three courses a year. Until 1998 the courses were conducted in English and Spanish, but thanks to the efforts of several Brazilian students, the course was recorded in Portuguese, allowing more and more Portuguese students to learn the technique.
In 2011, the Vipassana Association of Portugal was formed (non-profit Association), which is responsible for the organization of courses and also the spread of this meditation technique that promotes self-knowledge, morality, mental concentration, the observation and profound understanding of one’s own physical and mental reality. The Association is constituted by old students who meet at least once a year and are appointed every 3 years.
Because the Association is not connected to any type of organization, the running of the courses is only made possible by the voluntary donations. These donations are only accepted from those who have completed at least one course and who wish that other courses may happen so that other people may benefit as well
For more information, please visit www.dhamma.org
At present only short courses for old students are held in the Territory. The nearest ten day courses for new and old students are in Bali.
Fiji has non-centre courses on an irregular basis. So far the 10-day courses have been held at a Catholic Teacher Training College on the outskirts of Suva. The courses attract participants from all communities in Fiji.
Vipassana Cambodia, legally named as Vipassana Organization of Cambodia (VOC) is a legal NGO registered with Ministry of Interior of Cambodian Government, No. 4612 on 03 June 2016. Vipassana Organization of Cambodia is handling all legal issue as well as administrative tasks for Vipassana Centers as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin in Cambodia. The head office is located in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, and inside the office there is a Meditation Hall (non-center) that offers 1-day courses every month and 2-hour group sittings every Sunday. Its Meditation Hall can comfortably accommodate 50 male and female students.
In Yekaterinburg, there is no own center, so a suitable camp is rented for the courses in the Sverdlovsk region. Since 2016, the courses are held in the "Spark", near Asbest, 100 km from Yekaterinburg. The camp is located in a secluded forest on the banks of the Reftinsky reservoir. The center is equipped with everything necessary for a full course and allows the placement of 120 students and 20 employees. All rooms are heated, there is a guarded parking lot on the territory.