Vipassana Association of South Africa

All over the world organisations have been established by practising students to offer Vipassana meditation courses as taught by S. N. Goenka. These organisations are legally accepted by the respective governments and are functioning as the official body organising Vipassana courses in this tradition. All Trusts work according to the same Vipassana principles and are non-sectarian and non-commercial in character.

The Vipassana Association of South Africa, a not-for-profit organisation was founded with the aim of organising Vipassana courses as taught by S. N. Goenka.

The ongoing running of Dhamma Pataka is the responsibility of VASA. Old students are appointed as trustees on a basis of one to two years and meet about every six weeks at Dhamma Pataka.