Dhamma Pajjota

25/02/2026

Sit and Serve Periods 2026

Dear all,

In many discourses, Goenkaji has shared his views on the benefits of giving Dhamma Service. It strengthens your meditation practice, trains you to apply Dhamma in your everyday life, supports you in developing your Pāramīs and helps you grow in humility and selflessness. Goenkaji always highlighted that being active in Dhamma Service is the highest dāna since donating your time, effort, and intention to help others come out of suffering is far more valuable than the nonetheless wholesome act of donating money.

Countless old students worldwide have benefited from serving 10-day and other courses which could not take place without the invaluable support of so many.

There may still be times when one’s busy schedule does not allow you to give away several days of your life to serve a complete course.

In such cases, serving at Dhamma Pajjota during a Sit & Serve Period might be a good alternative since it offers a better time flexibility. During Sit & Serve period, you can help at Dhamma Pajjota e.g., for a week, a few days, over the weekend, or even one day only, just as it suits you best.

The dates for this year are as follows:

09 Mar – 12 Mar

20 Apr – 05 May

21 Jun – 30 Jun

14 Sep – 30 Sep

16 Nov – 25 Nov

The tasks that will be done are manifold: You can work in our beautiful garden, help maintain the centre’s buildings and facilities, support cleaning activities, do small repair work or support the kitchen team in catering to the other servers. Whatever you do, your service will make a great difference.

In addition to the Sit & Serve periods, there are always short working periods between courses where the centre will be prepared for the next course.

During the Sit & Serve and working periods, the servers sit three group sittings a day, you will have the opportunity in the evening to listen to selected Dhamma discourses, or you can read a book from the centre’s library.

During your stay you will have a single room, and for servers, there is a meal three times a day.

Interested in supporting Dhamma Pajjota?

Then please apply via Dhamma Pajjota’s online course schedule. If you have any questions, please contact us via email at info@pajjota.dhamma.org.

If you want to know more about Dhamma Pajjota, visit our website www.pajjota.dhamma.org.


If you want to contact us, send a mail to info@pajjota.dhamma.org
Pajjota Course Schedule
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09/02/2026

Dear all,
The new year is in full swing already and we would like to draw your attention to Pajjota’s Course Schedule for 2026 which consists of a variety of courses that will support you in developing and deepening your Vipassana practice.

This year’s schedule consists of:

Numerous 10-day courses in English/Dutch, English/French and English/German.
One Satipatthana Sutta course for old students in English/Dutch from 12 to 21 March.
Two 3-day courses in English/Dutch and English/French.
A weekend course for girls aged 8 to 18 in April.
A weekend course for boys aged 8 to 18 in September.
And for the first time Dhamma Pajotta’s history we offer a Special 10-Day-Course (English/French) for dedicated old students from 3 to 14 November.
The dates and the registration page for these courses can be found in the online course schedule and the children’s online course schedule.

The requirements for the old student courses can be found here.

This summer, we will also start with 1-day courses at Dhamma Pajjota.

The dates for this year are:

21 June
20 September
22 November

These courses are an excellent opportunity to refresh your practice and are often conducted by an assistant teacher, who is available to answer meditators' questions. They begin at 10:00 am, conclude around 5:30 pm, and are open to all those who have completed at least one ten-day course with S.N. Goenka or his assistant teachers.

In Dhamma Pajjota they will be offered during a Sit & Service Period. In this way those who want can combine their service with a 1-day sit.

Also, 1-day courses are offered at non-centre locations regular in Ghent and Brussels.

23 February: Ghent
16 March: Ghent
27 April: Ghent
18 May: Ghent
18 May: Brussels
29 June: Ghent
21 September: Ghent
19 October: Ghent
16 November: Ghent
17 December: Ghent

More dates for Brussels will be posted online later.

You can apply for the 1-day courses with a short registration form via the online course schedule.

For the course schedule in Germany click here, for the Netherlands click here

If you would like to find out more about Dhamma Pajjota, visit www.pajjota.dhamma.org
There is also a section for old students, Vipassana Meditation: Old student
Log in with username: oldstudent, and password: behappy.

If you want to contact us, send a mail to info@pajjota.dhamma.org
Pajjota Course Schedule
Pajjota Old Student

Dhamma Service Groupsittings Donations

Vipassana vzw, Driepaal 3-5, BE 3650 Dilsen-Stokkem, info@pajjota.dhamma.org, 0464.797.967|RPR Tongeren
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14/01/2026

Long-term Dhamma service: A wonderful opportunity

Dear all,

Giving Dhamma service is an opportunity to strengthen and deepen your own practice while working for the benefit of others. For long-term Dhamma servers, who stay and work at the centre for longer periods of time, these benefits are multiplied many times over.

Your long-term service might be for a few months, for a year or even more. Part-time long-term service is also an option, allowing you to spend some days at the centre and others at home.

A few long-term servers have recently left, luckily a few others came in. The new long-term servers look forward to sharing the workload with others, and also to sharing their skills and knowledge. When this happens, we can ensure the smooth running of courses and the maintenance of our buildings and the garden.

Therefore Dhamma Pajjota is looking for long-term servers with practical skills in kitchen work, gardening, and household tasks. Servers willing to take on a coordinating role in these areas with the support of respective committees are very welcome. At the moment, there is a server to coordinate maintenance, but meditators to help with maintenance are also very welcome.

You can get a taste of the responsibilities involved by coming to serve in between courses or by joining one of the trust meetings and meeting with experienced servers. Please contact info@pajjota.dhamma.org and specify your area of interest, if you have any.



Long-term service in a nutshell

As a long-term server you will collaborate with the centre-management team, with teachers, trustees, and members of the various committees.You will attend three group meditations each day and you are expected to regularly sit a course during your service, and to join a course as a server when the need arises.

You are encouraged to take regular time off to rest and maintain contact with family and friends.

Six studios are available across the road at Driepaal 8 for dedicated servers staying for longer periods. Each studio has its own bathroom and kitchenette. For new female long-term servers there are also single rooms on the 2nd floor of the office building, which has a kitchenette.

Language should be no barrier. While English is the primary language at the centre, Dutch, German and French are spoken but not required. Before applying for long-term service, you need to have served at least one 10-day course. Also you should not have practiced any other meditation techniques since your last course.



Want to know more? Ready to apply?

For more information and to access an application form for long-term Dhamma service, please click here, first login with oldstudent / behappy. This webpage is available in English, Dutch, German and French.

“During my long term service, servers have been incredibly inspiring for me.
Servers have taught me the Dhamma by their qualities; quality of honesty, simplicity, kindness, calm, attention, clairvoyance, goodwill, tolerance, patience, effort, balance, and qualities for the art of living.
May we all keep on growing in Dhamma.”

If you want to contact us, send a mail to info@pajjota.dhamma.org

Vipassana vzw, Driepaal 3-5, BE 3650 Dilsen-Stokkem, info@pajjota.dhamma.org, 0464.797.967|RPR Tongeren
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11/01/2026

Dhamma Pajjota Committees and Trust Meeting
24th and 25th of January 2026
Trust Weekend

Dear all,

All old students are warmly invited to join the meetings at Dhamma Pajjota. During such meeting weekends the different committees and the Pajjota trust come together. In each Vipassana Centre, the committees discuss and manage the different aspects of the Centre, such as kitchen, household, garden, construction & maintenance, finance and course organization. Such a weekend is a good opportunity to learn more about the way the Vipassana organization is working.

Linked you can find the program for this weekend. You can find the minutes of the previous trust meetings on the Dhamma Pajjota website

You can offer, find, or request a ride to the centre on the Dhamma Pajjota Ride Share Board.

If you plan to come, please inform the office at info@pajjota.dhamma.org.

09/01/2026

08/12/2025

Invitation to the Service Periods:
December 2025 & January 2026

Dear all,
As 2025 slowly comes to a close, we look equanimously at the cycle of ending and beginning, and look forward to the birth of a new year.

This time of transition is a wonderful opportunity to prepare our centre for 2026 together, and we would be very happy if many old students joined us to help.

The upcoming service periods will take place:

21-26 December 2025 & 7-13 January 2026

During these days, we will come together to work at the centre, meditate, and connect with each other and we’d be delighted to have you with us.

In Pajjota’s garden, the following tasks are planned:

Replanting bushes.
Pruning tree branches that lean outside the property (chainsaw skills welcome).
Reusing the trimmed branches to reinforce and strengthen the fences.
If you have experience with chainsaws or simply enjoy gardening, our garden team would be grateful for any support.

If you’d prefer to stay warm indoors during the winter months, our housekeeping team would be happy to have your help with various cleaning or small maintenance tasks in the buildings. For the upcoming serving periods, they are looking for someone who can help to

Clean and paint some used shelves.
Assemble some new plain shelves for the female accommodation.
Mount a coatrack in the female manager’s room.
Or you might enjoy supporting our kitchen team and helping prepare meals for the other servers.

Whatever you enjoy doing, you are warmly invited to join for as long as you can: one, two, three or more days, or even just a few hours.

Alongside the work, you’ll join the regular group sittings, and in the evenings there’s the opportunity to watch videos on Vipassana and Dhamma.

The service periods are a great chance to grow in Dhamma while actively supporting the centre.

Are you interested?


You can find more information about Dhamma Service in the old students’ section at
www.pajjota.dhamma.org.

17/11/2025

Dhamma Pajjota Committees and Trust Meeting
29th and 30th of November 2025
Trust Weekend

Dear all,
All old students are warmly invited to join the meetings at Dhamma Pajjota. During such meeting weekends the different committees and the Pajjota trust come together. In each Vipassana Centre, the committees discuss and manage the different aspects of the Centre, such as kitchen, household, garden, construction & maintenance, finance and course organization. Such a weekend is a good opportunity to learn more about the way the Vipassana organization is working.

Linked you can find the program for this weekend. You can find the minutes of the previous trust meetings on the Dhamma Pajjota website

You can offer, find, or request a ride to the centre on the Dhamma Pajjota Ride Share Board.

If you plan to come, please inform the office at info@pajjota.dhamma.org.

11/10/2025

Invitation to join the Sit & Serve period
November 2025

Dear all,
The cold season is approaching quickly, and there is plenty to do at Dhamma Pajjota.

For the upcoming service period from 2nd to 7th November 2025 we are in need of your support and look forward to receiving your applications.

From 2nd to 6th November, a group of developers of the European course registration system CALM will be meeting at Dhamma Pajjota for an intensive workshop.

We are looking for many helping hands to take care of the participants’ well-being during the workshop. If you are interested in helping in the kitchen and preparing meals for the group, you are warmly invited to join us. You can support for the full period or just for a few days – every bit of help is welcome.

In addition, a 20-day course will begin at Dhamma Pajjota on 7th November, and the centre needs to be prepared for this long course.

There will be plenty of work in the garden. The lawn needs mowing, bushes and trees need trimming, and the paths must be cleared of autumn leaves. If you enjoy working outdoors, our garden team will be happy to have your support.

Our housekeeping team also appreciates any hands-on help with cleaning and repair work in and around the buildings.

Alongside your service, you’ll participate in the regular group sittings, and in the evenings, there will be the opportunity to watch videos about Vipassana and Dhamma.

The service periods are a great opportunity to grow in Dhamma while actively supporting the centre.

Interested?

For more information about Dhamma Service, please visit the Old Student section at www.pajjota.dhamma.org

27/09/2025

CALM workshop 2025, Dahmma Pajjota, Belgium
Tech
Dear all,
This is to inform you that the Dhamma Pajjota trust is hosting a workshop for CALM developers from Sunday 2nd till Thursday 6th of November 2025.
CALM is the online course registration system used in Europe, Australasia and parts of Asia.

The workshop is divided into 3 parts:

2,5 days for programmers with specific skills; not only the current developers but also newcomers are welcome.
The last morning (Thursday 6 Nov) a session with legal and security experts on the implications of the sensitive data we process.
The last afternoon a session for experienced registrars, legal experts, teachers involved in special handling, administrators, trust members and newcomers to meet with the development team. This session can also be attended online.
If you are interested in participating at the centre or online on 06/11 afternoon please apply via the Pajjota online schedule and please indicate your interest under ‘Anything you wish to add?’

Servers are also welcome to help organising the workshop like cooking, tech support, cleaning, etc.

The daily program will include the morning chantings, three group sittings and servers metta.

If you like to attend you are expected to fulfil the requirements for service.

For any questions write to info@pajjota.dhamma.org.

The workshop will be immediately followed by a 20-day course from 07th till 28th of November.

With metta,

The CALM team

23/09/2025

Dhamma Pajjota Committees and Trust Meeting
4th and 5th of October 2025

Dear all,
All old students are warmly invited to join the meetings at Dhamma Pajjota. During such meeting weekends the different committees and the Pajjota trust come together.
In each Vipassana Centre, the committees discuss and manage the different aspects of the Centre, such as kitchen, household, garden, construction & maintenance, finance and course organization. Such a weekend is a good opportunity to learn more about the way the Vipassana organization is working.

You can offer, find, or request a ride to the centre on the Dhamma Pajjota Ride Share Board.



Vipassana vzw, Driepaal 3-5, BE 3650 Dilsen-Stokkem, info@pajjota.dhamma.org, 0464.797.967|RPR Tongeren
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23/09/2025

Dhamma Pajjota Committees and Trust Meeting
4th and 5th of October 2025

Trust Weekend
Dear all,
All old students are warmly invited to join the meetings at Dhamma Pajjota. During such meeting weekends the different committees and the Pajjota trust come together. In each Vipassana Centre, the committees discuss and manage the different aspects of the Centre, such as kitchen, household, garden, construction & maintenance, finance and course organization. Such a weekend is a good opportunity to learn more about the way the Vipassana organization is working.

Linked you can find the program for this weekend. You can find the minutes of the previous trust meetings on the Dhamma Pajjota website (Username: "oldstudent"; password: "behappy").

You can offer, find, or request a ride to the centre on the Dhamma Pajjota Ride Share Board.

If you plan to come, please inform the office at info@pajjota.dhamma.org.


Vipassana vzw, Driepaal 3-5, BE 3650 Dilsen-Stokkem, info@pajjota.dhamma.org, 0464.797.967|RPR Tongeren
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13/09/2025

Course for boys (age 8-18): 19 – 21 September 2025

Dear all,

“Children are, by nature, active and enthusiastic with an eagerness to learn, to explore anything and everything they come across in their day-to-day life. At this age, it is so appropriate to offer them an opportunity to explore themselves and their mind with all its hidden faculties, latent abilities and subtle complexities. This wholesome seed of Dhamma sown can, sooner or later, grow and open an entirely new dimension of life.”
S.N. Goenka

From Friday the 19th to Sunday the 21th of September 2025, three children's courses will take place in Dhamma Pajjota simultaneously: one for German speaking, one for French speaking and one for Dutch speaking boys. These courses are open to all boys age 8-18 who are interested in meditation. During these courses the children and teenagers learn Anapana meditation in a special 2-day program.

Old students who would like to serve on these courses are welcome. Application is necessary both for servers and for the children who would like to participate. To apply go to: https://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schpajjota .

N.B: We need male servers for this course!

For more information visit https://pajjota.dhamma.org/en/courses/childrens-and-teenagers-courses/ or contact childrens-courses@pajjota.dhamma.org

There are still places available for the one-day course for children and young people on October 19 in Brussels. Registration via the Dhamma Pajjota website.