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Greetings from Dhamma Patapa |
Summer Service Opportunities
Making plans for summer? Consider spending some time serving at Dhamma Patapa!
Summer in rural Georgia is beautiful, and the Center is always in need of servers during this time.
Opportunities include the following:
URGENT NEED of MALE Servers:
Satipatthana Course: 7/10 – 7/19
Special 10-day Course: 8/14 – 8/25
URGENT NEED of FEMALE Servers:
Bi-Lingual Course (Hindi/English): 7/31 – 8/11
Please check your availability to serve full or part time. There is also availability to serve in between courses as well. If you have the volition and availability, please apply. Part-time or full-time applications are welcome depending upon your availability.
Serving is a great way to make friends on the path and strengthen your own practice.
Interested? Apply here.
South Florida One-Day Courses
We are delighted to announce that one-day courses in Jupiter, Florida, are restarting on Sunday, July 14, at the Jupiter Civic Center, located directly on a beautiful beach with ample free parking. Check-in will start at 8am and the course will start at 9am and go until 4pm. With no traffic on a Sunday morning, it should be accessible from many areas of Florida.
The course is still open with registration taking place on the Dhamma Patapa website The next quarterly course will take place on Sunday, October 27.
Please direct any questions to south-florida-info@patapa.dhamma.org
From the Kitchen Committee
Hello Dhamma Family!
We’re looking to create a Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter menu and we need your help! If you would like to contribute to the creation of this exciting menu and have a recipe that you would like to share, please see the guidelines below.
Also, if you’re interested in serving remotely and you have experience and/or interest in editing or creating spreadsheets, we could use your help.
Please email your recipe and/or your interest in joining the Kitchen Committee at: kitchen-committee@patapa.dhamma.org.
With Much Metta,
Kitch Comm
Recipe Guidelines:
Please provide prepping and cooking instructions. Cook time should not exceed an hour and 15 minutes.
Be as detailed as you think is needed. You may include pictures if you like.
Remember we serve vegetarian dishes, so no meat or eggs.
All recipes are welcome including breads and desserts.
Ways to Connect and Serve |
Various WhatsApp groups under the Southeast Vipassana Community are offered to help create virtual spaces for friends along the path to connect and stay up to date. Kindly read the Code of Conduct for WhatsApp Groups before participating.
Note: there are REGIONAL groups to join once you have joined the main Southeast Vipassana Community Announcements group which include Charlotte, Asheville & WNC; Atlanta & Athens (GA); Central Florida; North Florida; South Florida; Savannah and the Low Country; and Triangle & Triad (NC)
Southeast Vipassana Community Announcements– center announcements and dhamma inspirations.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/JJNB9rQhppE3xijJwulKQ1
Old Student Discussion– interactive discussions for old students.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/GqNkE3AdXKiF4knuG2MAaL
Dhamma Patapa Servers– interactive discussions for old students who have served a 10-day course.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/BSryImFejsQ5YFxvDvwT1E
Black Heritage Community– interactive discussions for old students from the African diaspora.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/EC5y1Z1a01F53NJRVxEx4w
En Español – conversación interactivo para estudiantes viejos en español.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/EDreZssoyH78PWsnoZiKvt
LGBTQ+ Old Student Group –
discussion with old students in the LGBTQ+ community https://chat.whatsapp.com/EyvQfvBhEP02nmoyhVRlJW
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Atlanta Dhamma House |
The project for establishing Atlanta Dhamma House is progressing steadily. The ADH trust and 3 initial committees (communication, finance, and property search) are workings diligently to make a Dhamma House in Atlanta a reality.
Visit the ADH website : atlanta.us.dhamma.org
Donations from old students accepted at
https://atlanta.us.dhamma.org/en/donations/. Password: behappy
First LGBTQ+ CourseWas Held in May 2024 |
After months of planning and preparation, Dhamma Patapa held its first course for the LGBTQ+ community in May of 2024. Forty-seven students of all genders and sexual orientations attended this course and worked seriously together throughout the ten days. A senior assistant teacher, who identifies as part of this community, conducted the course which was extremely supportive for the students.
Many LGBTQ+ students – particularly those who identify as nonbinary, transgender, or genderqueer – have historically felt unwelcome at Vipassana centers because of the binary nature of this tradition. To help address this issue, Center staff and servers removed references to gender from the campus signage for the course. Additionally, each side of the campus offered dedicated housing for nonbinary students who preferred to be in a nonbinary room. All servers received a pre-course training on how to be most supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, including information on pronoun usage and the importance of gender-neutral language.
A post-course survey was distributed to all students and servers, and these are some of the aspects they found most beneficial about the LGBTQ+ course:
“The sense of freedom! I felt unaware of my gender.”
“The opportunity to experience Vipassana among other LGBTQ+ people was so deeply meaningful.”
“The fact that this was an LGBTQ+ course made me feel safe and fully embraced by the environment.”
“Feeling like my community was supported and seen.”
After the course ended, there was a request to create a WhatsApp group for LGBTQ+ old students to build community and have Dhamma-related discussions. If you are an LGBTQ+ old student and would like to join this group, please click on this link: .
Dhamma Patapa intends to offer an LGBTQ+ course every year moving forward. If you are interested in sitting or serving these future courses, please check the course schedule page.
Children/Teen’s Courses |
2024 Children’s and Teen’s courses
One-day children and teen courses are offered several times a year in Florida and twice a year in Atlanta. In the summertime, overnight courses are offered in Jesup, GA.
Kids are taught Anapana in a fun, friendly environment. The program includes meditation instruction and practice, lunch, snacks, games, and activities.
You may register your children to sit or register yourself to serve any of the current courses at the Dhamma Patapa Registration Page
If you’re interested in helping to
organize a course in your area, with the support of local old students, please reach out to the children’s course committee at
childrens-course@patapa.dhamma.org
2024’s Children and Teen’s courses were held June 21-22 and June 22-23 at Dhamma Patapa and April 28th in Alpharetta, GA.
Anapana App for Children |
Words of the Buddha |
Happy indeed we live,
friendly amidst the hostility.
Amidst hostile people,
we dwell free from hatred.
Dhammapada 15.197
Resources and Useful Links
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International Vipassana Newsletter
The April 2022 issue of the International Vipassana Newsletter is available online. For your reading in this issue:
Feature Article: Dawn of a New Millennium In previous issues, we chronicled Goenkaji’s teaching journey decade by decade. From this issue, we will focus on one year at a time, starting with the pivotal year 2000.
First Black Heritage Course in the USA On January 3, 2010, the first worldwide African Heritage Course concluded in India at Dhamma Paṭṭana, the center next to the Global Pagoda. Goenkaji strongly welcomed this initiative because, in his words, “White, black or brown, a human being is a human being.” His wish was for people of every background to experience liberation from suffering. In August 2010, Dhamma Dīpa in the UK held another African Heritage Course.
Also on the website:
Together Though Apart: Vipassana Meditators in Cyberspace
In All the Ten Directions Practicing the Dhamma in a Time of Pestilence
To view or download the issue, go to our website www.news.dhamma.org (username oldstudent, password behappy).
The online International Newsletter site is updated as we have new material to post. Every three to four months, we publish some of that material in a printable PDF issue. Please check regularly for updates, or subscribe to our RSS feed to receive notification automatically whenever we post something. You can also subscribe to receive email notification when a PDF issue is published.
Please also consider contributing material for posting. It could be a news story, photos, your own reminiscences or more. Write to editor@news.dhamma.org.
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