April, 2016


News from Dhamma Visuddhi

New Website
The Minnesota Vipassana Association has recently launched its new website at visuddhi.dhamma.org. The site is more modern in design and technology, making use of a user-friendly content management system. Students will find an abundance of resources both local and international in scope. The Old Student username remains: oldstudent and the password: behappy.


Long Term Service
Dhamma Visuddhi is now accepting applications for long-term servers. Long term service entails serving the sitting courses in addition to between-course projects ranging from landscaping and painting to cooking and cleaning. If interested, please review the long-term service information on the Dhamma Service page of the website and contact: [email protected]


One-Day Service/Adopt a Job
With robust summer enrollments expected, Dhamma Visuddhi always needs servers on day zero, ten and eleven. These are great opportunities to serve at the center with minimal time commitments while directly contributing to the core purpose of the center. Please check the Dhamma Service page of the website for details and a link to the sign-up sheet.

Service Periods
Dhamma Vissudhi's first Service Period of 2016 focused on a major remodeling project in the kitchen. Old equipment was removed and new sinks and tables were installed along with flooring and plumbing. More service periods are scheduled with lots of fun projects planned. Register any time on the Course Schedule page of the website
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Sati Course
The Minnesota Vipassana Association will be offering a Satipatthana Sutta course this June at Dhamma Visuddhi. This 8 day course begins on a Friday night and ends on Sunday morning. Exclusively for experienced Old Students, the course follows the same timetable and discipline as the 10-day, with Goenkaji's evening discourses carefully examining the Satipatthana Sutta, the principal text in which the technique of Vipassana is systematically explained. Check the Course Schedule page for dates, experience requirements and enrollment status.



Open House at Dhamma Pakasa

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Expansion of Dhamma Pakasa Continues

March 2016 - 2015 marks an important change in Dhamma Pakasa�s path of development.   The Center has taken its first steps in establishing the infrastructure needed for future expansion. Designs for a septic system supporting 150 occupants were approved, and the leach field installation was completed in the southern five acres (purchased a year ago for this purpose)
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  Plans for the the kitchen and dining room expansion.

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password : behappy



Why Serve at a Center?

Many of us have heard Goenkaji speak to the value of service, and especially service at a Center, in helping us develop Paramis. Paramis are those good qualities that help us to 'cross over' from the world of suffering to an experience of Enlightenment. We think that, 'I'm doing this to get enlightened, so why don't I just meditate as much as possible.' However, the strength of one's meditation is derived from the strength of ones Paramis.
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Service Opportunities at Dhamma Pakasa

Hello Friends: as winter turns to spring and we leave the cold behind, there are a wide variety of opportunities for old students to give service at Dhamma Pakasa. Sign up online at:
https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/schedules/schpakasa




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Courses in Michigan


Children's Courses in July

The July 2015 Children�s Course at Dhamma Pakasa was attended by a whopping number of 41 students. This was a very exciting event, and with about 15 additional people serving the course, the Dhamma Hall was filled to capacity!



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Volunteers needed for Work Period

This September and October will see major construction work take place at the center.  Another portion of the new septic system will be installed and will gather waste from the existing Dhamma Hall and Dining Hall/Kitchen and will be pumped up to the new septic field that was installed late last year. Yet another more exciting piece of work will also take place in this same time frame, the existing Dining Hall and Kitchen will be expanded to accommodate the first phase total expansion for 80 students.


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Launch of Mobile Website

The technology committee recently upgraded the Dhamma Pakasa website (  pakasa.dhamma.org ), and it is now compatible with smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. The new website provides numerous benefits including a way for you to navigate to the Center using your smartphone. It has also simplified making updates to the website, so check back often for the latest news.

Please send a note to [email protected] if you have any suggestions for improving the new site or are interested in participating in similar technology initiatives.


Visit the Dhamma Pakasa old student blog
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password : behappy

Visit the public website
www.pakasa.dhamma.org


 

    MAY ALL BEINGS BE HAPPY!

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