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Dhamma Paduma, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Centre Location: Website | Map
Malayalam, English

Dhamma Paduma, which means Lotus of Dhamma, is a Vipassana meditation center located around 20kms from the Trivandrum Central railway station and about 25kms from the Trivandrum international airport.

The center currently offers 10-day courses, several short courses, and children’s courses for Indian nationals only. (Applications from foreign nationals are planned to be accepted soon in the near future.) The currently available facilities at the center permit organizing only single gender courses, and so the courses alternate between male-only and female-only courses. 

 
Ten Day & Other Adult Courses
All ten day courses begin on the evening of the first day and end on the early morning of the last day.
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No courses are currently scheduled.
 
Non-Centre Courses
Courses and Activities conducted at other locations.
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No courses are currently scheduled.
 
Teenagers' and Children's Courses
Courses for young people.
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No courses are currently scheduled.
 
 

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To access the Old Student Regional Site please click http://paduma.dhamma.org/os. A user name and password will be required to access these pages.

Questions may be addressed to Email: info@paduma.dhamma.org

All courses are run solely on a donation basis. All expenses are met by donations from those who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the same opportunity. Neither the Teacher nor the assistant teachers receive remuneration; they and those who serve the courses volunteer their time. Thus Vipassana is offered free from commercialisation.

Old students are those who have completed a 10-day Vipassana Meditation course with S.N. Goenka or his Assistant Teachers. Old students have the opportunity to provide Dhamma Service at the courses listed.

Bilingual courses are courses which are taught in two languages. All students will hear daily meditation instructions in both languages. The evening discourses will be heard separately.

Meditation courses are held at both center and non-center locations. Meditation centers are dedicated facilities where courses are held regularly throughout the year. Before meditation centers were established in this tradition, all courses were held at temporary sites, such as campgrounds, religious retreat centers, churches and the like. Today, in regions where centers have not yet been established by local students of Vipassana who live in the area, 10 Day meditation courses are held at non-center course sites.