About VSS

Vipassana Sadhana Sansthan

Vipassana Meditation As Taught By S. N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin

Vipassana Sadhana Sansthan - An Introduction

Vipassana Sadhana Sansthan is a public trust established in New Delhi on 26th day of May 1993, with the following objectives.

To Establish and operate institutes for teaching and training in Vipassana, a science of meditation.
To conduct courses, arrange lectures and discourses on Vipassana.
To conduct research on the beneficial effects of Vipassana.

The trust has been duly registered with the Registrar of Documents as well as with the Income - Tax authorities and continues to enjoy exception under section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The trust, since its inception, has been actively involved in.

Conducting regular 10 days Vipassana meditation courses at Logicstat Farms, New Delhi and at Dhamma Sota Sohna.
Holding 3 days Vipassana meditation courses for old students;
Conducting 2 & 3 days children's courses for Anapana meditation;
Conducting 1 day Children's course in Schools.
Coordinating the distribution of Guruji's lectures, talks and dohas on audio and video cassettes.

Apart from organizing Vipassana meditation courses, the trust has been participating in various workshops, symposia and seminars being organized at Delhi by different organizations of create awareness about Vipassana meditation. The trust has regularly been putting up stalls in perfect Health Mela and fairs organized by Bharat Nirman at Delhi. In its endeavor to made the common man aware of Vipassana technique of meditation, the trust have in the past years organized lecture series of Sayagyi Shri S.N. Goenkaji on Vipassana Sadhana Respectively in the year, 1993, 1998 and 2000.

During the past several years the trust has been in existence, almost entire population of APEEJAY Group of Schools has been initiated in ANAPANA Meditation by conducting almost 30 to 40 in house one day courses in the various schools run and managed by APEEJAY Education society, besides this courses for children have been held in various other private and public educational Institutions including institution for blind, deaf and dump children.

In the year 1994 the trust hosted an international seminar on Vipassana titled "Vipassana and its relevance to the present World" at New Delhi from 15th to 17th April, 1994. This seminar was attended by distinguished personalities from various segments of society.

The trust lent its active support to the administration of Tihar Jail in holding regular meditation courses for the inmates and participated in the historical event in the year 1994 when Shri Goenkaji presided over the first ever 10 days Vipassana meditation courses for more than one thousand persons at Dhamma Tihar ( Tihar Jail) Enthused by the positive response of the inmates of Tihar Jail in their behavior pattern, the jail administration has now set up two meditation centers separately for the male and female for holding regular 10 days Vipassana meditation courses. The management of the trust continues to lend its support to the jail authorities for conducting such courses as and when the trust is required to do so.

The trust also assisted Police Training College situated in Delhi in setting up an independent centre named "Dhamma Rakkhaka".

Few years before, the trust successfully organized workshop of Dhamma workers which was coordinated by senior teacher and was attended by serious meditators from Delhi and adjoining areas.

Contact:

Vipassana Sadhana Sansthan,
Room #1015, 10th Floor, Hemkunt Tower (Modi Tower),
98, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019, INDIA
Phone : (91)-(11)-26452772, 26485071/72
Mobile: Sri Ashok Talwar (98110-45002)
Fax: (91)-(11)-26470658
E-mail: info@sota.dhamma.org
Website: http://www.sota.dhamma.org