Responsibilities assigned by Principal Vipassana Teacher Sayagyi U Goenka

Legacy of Dhamma

(Vipassana Newsletter dated December 28, 2012)

(For changes in responsibilities see International or 

Vipassana Research Institute Newsletter )

	CENTRES - India  Maharashtra	Centre Teacher
1	Dhamma Giri	Mr. Premji and Mrs. Madhu Savla
2	Dhamma Tapovana I & II	Mr. Premji and Mrs. Madhu Savla
3	Dhamma Nāga	Mr. Sudhir and Mrs. Madhuri Shah
4	Dhamma Sugati	Mr. Vishwambhar Dahat
5	Dhamma Sarovara	Mr. Prakash Mahajan
6	Dhammānanda	Dr. Hamir and Mrs. Nirmala Ganla
7	Dhamma Puṇṇa	Dr. Nikhil Mehta
8	Dhammālaya	Mr. Prakash and Mrs. Shubhangi Borse
9	Dhamma Saritā	Mr. Shyam Sunder Taparia
10	Dhamma Ajanatā	Mr. Champalal Khinvasara
11	Dhamma Manamoda	Mr. Abhijit Patil
12	Dhamma Nāsikā	Mr. Ashok and Mrs. Pushpa Pawar
13	Dhamma Vāhinī	Ms. Priti Dedhia
14	Dhamma Vipula	Mr. Arun Toshniwal
15	Dhamma Pattana	Mr. Mahasukh and Mrs. Manju Khandhar
16	Dhamma Sāketa(DH)	Mr. Deepak Pagare
17	Dhamma Anākula	Mr. Mohanlal Agrawal
18	Dhamma Ajaya	Mr. Baburao Shinde
19	Dhamma Malla	Mr. Namdeo Dongre
20	Dhamma Bhūsana (DH)	Mr. Prakash Mahajan
21	Dhamma Vasudhā	Mrs. Nirmala (Mira) Chinchkhede
22	Dhamma Chattapati	Mr. Bhanudas Rasal
23	Dhamma Ᾱvāsa	Mr. Mahavir and Mrs. Anjana Patil
24	Dhamma Niranjana	Mr. Chandrashekhar Dahiwele
25	Dhamma Gond	Mr. Dinesh Deshmukh

	North India
1	Dhamma Thalī	Mr. Vimalchand Surana, Mr. Sher Singh Jain
2	Dhamma Pushkar	Mrs. Sajjandevi Dhariwal
3	Dhamma Marudharā	Mr. Prabhu Dayal Sonagara
4	Dhamma Pubbaja	Mr. Suresh and Mrs. Renu Khanna
5	Dhamma Sota	Mr. Murari Lal Sharama
6	Dhamma Paṭṭhāna	Ms. Manmohini Rastogi
7	Dhamma Kāruṇika	Mr. Ramniwas Gautam
8	Dhamma Sikhara	Mrs. Manju Vaish
9	Dhamma Laddha	Mr. Pramodkumar Bhave
10	Dhamma Salila	Mr. Ashok Kumar Nagpal
11	Dhamma Dhaja	Mr. K. L. Sharma
12	Dhamma Tihar	Mr. Praveen Bhalla
13	Dhamma Suvatthi	Mr. Gopal Sharan and Mrs. Pushpa Singh
14	Dhamma Cakka	Mrs. Beena Mehrotra
15	Dhamma Lakkhaṇa	Mr. R. D. Tiwari
16	Dhamma Kalyāṇa	Mr. Pravin Bhalla

	Gujarat
1	Dhamma Sindhu	Mr. Bhimsi and Mrs.Pushpa Savla
2	Dhamma Pīṭha	Mr. Indravadan Kothadia
3	Dhamma Koṭa	Mr. Rajesh and Mrs. Manisha Mehta
4	Dhamma Divākara	Mr. Anil and Sunita Dharmadarshi
5	Dhamma Bhavana (DH)	Mr. Ramniklal and Mrs. Kanchan Mehta
6	Dhamma Ambikā	Mr. Jayantilal and Mrs. Kamala Thacker

	Central and East India
1	Dhamma Gaṅgā	Mr. Laxmi Narayan and Pushpa Todi
2	Dhamma Baṅga	Mr. Shyam and Kanta Khaddaria
3	Dhamma Utkal	Mr. Hari Lala Sahu
4	Dhamma Kānana	Mr. Dinesh Meshram
5	Dhamma Pāla	Mr. Ashok and Mrs Uma Kela
6	Dhamma Bala	Mrs. Parmila Shah
7	Dhamma Rata	Mr. Narayan and Mrs. Sharda Wadhwani
8	Dhamma Mālavā	Mrs. Sheela Kela
9	Dhamma Ketu	Mr. Sudhakar Khaire
10	Dhamma Licchavī	Mr. Ishwarchandra Sinha
11	Dhamma Bodhi	Mr. Bikram Dandiya
12	Dhamma Upavana (DH)	Mr. Gopal and Mrs. Pushpa Singh
13	Dhamma Puri	Mr. Laxmi Narayan and  Mrs. Pushpa Todi
14	Dhamma Sikkima	Mrs. Sheeladevi Chaurasia
15	Dhamma Pubbottara	Mr. Mohan Devan
16	Dhamma Bhubaneswara	Mr. Anant Jena

	South India
1	Dhamma Khetta	Mr. Pidugu Ravinder Reddy
2	Dhamma Setu	Mr. V. Santhanagopalan
3	Dhamma Paphulla	Mrs. Jaya Sangoi
4	Dhamma Nijjhāna	Mr. S. N. Saha
5	Dhamma Vijaya	Mr. Mohan Raj Adla
6	Dhamma Nāgajjuna	Mr. Mohan Raj Adla
7	Dhammārāma	Mr. Satyanarayana Raju
8	Dhamma Koṇdañña	Mrs. Sabrina Katakam
9	Dhamma Ketana	Mr. Sudhir Pai
10	Dhamma Madhurā	Mrs. Renuka Mehta

Other than India, Centre Teacher List

	CENTRES USA	CENTRE TEACHER
1	Dhamma Dharā	Mr. Barry and Mrs. Kate Lapping
2	Dhamma Kuñja	Mr. Rick and Mrs. Gair Crutcher
3	Dhamma Mahāvana	Mr. John and Mrs. Gail Beary
4	Dhamma Sirī	Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Tina Crisman
5	Dhamma Maṇḍa	Mr. Parker and Mrs. Laura Mills
6	Dhamma Pakāsa	Mr. Dennis and Mrs. Louie Austin
7	Dhamma Vaddhana	Mr. Roy Menezes and Mrs. Suleka Puswella
8	Dhamma Patāpa	Mr. Bruce and Mrs. Maureen Stewart

	Canada
1	Dhamma Suttama	Mr. Alain and Mrs. Rachel Lepine
2	Dhamma Toraṇa	Mr. Bill and Mrs. Virginia Hamilton
3	Dhamma Surabhi	Mr. Bob and Mrs. Jenny Jeffs
4	Dhamma Modana	Ms. Evie Chauncey
5	Dhamma Karunā	(yet to be decided)

	Russia
1	Dhamma Dullabha	Mr. Jurgen and Mrs. Ella Mae Stowasser

	South Africa
1	Dhamma Patākā	Mr. Mahasukh Khandhar and Mrs. Manju Khandhar

	Europe
1	Dhamma Padhana, UK	Mr. John and Mrs. Joanna Luxford
2	Dhamma Dīpa, UK	Mr. Kirk and Mrs. Reinette Brown
3	Dhamma Sukhakārī, UK	Ms. Nila Halai
4	Dhamma Sumeru, Switzerland	Mr. Christian and Mrs. Rosi Hild
5	Dhamma Aṭala, Italy	Mr. Sergio Borsa
6	Dhamma Pajjota, Belgium	Mr. Dirk Taveirne and Mrs. Mieke De Wilde
7	Dhamma Mahī, France	Mr. Steve and Mrs. Olwen Smith
8	Dhamma Nilaya, France (DH)	Mr. Steve and Mrs. Olwen Smith
9	Dhamma Dvara, Germany	Ms. Floh Lehman
10	Dhamma Neru, Spain	Mr. Martin and Mrs. Deni Stephens
11	Dhamma Sobhana, Sweden	Mr. Kenneth Truedsson
12	Dhamma Pallava, Poland	Mr. Klaus and Mrs. Edith Nothnagel

	Nepal
1	Dharmashriṅga	Mr. Roop and Mrs. Beena Jyoti
2	Dhamma Tarāi	Mr. Uttam Ratna and Mrs. Gyanu Dhakhwa
3	Dhamma Jananī	Mr. Bodhi Bajra and Mrs. Nani Chhori Bajracharya
4	Dhamma Birāṭa	Mr. Bhakta Prasad Poudyal
5	Dhamma Citavana	Mr. Narayan Prasad Tiwari
6	Dhamma Kitti	Mr. Adiratana Shakya
7	Dhamma Pokharā	Mr. Sheel Bahadur Bajracharya
8	Dhamma Surakhetta	Mr. Purna Prasad Dhakal

	Cambodia
1	Dhamma Laṭṭhikā	Mr. Francois Kuoch

	Hong Kong
1	Dhamma Muttā	Mr. Gregory and Mrs. Irene Wong

	Indonesia
1	Dhamma Jāvā	Mr. Geoffrey White

	Iran
1	Dhamma Ῑrāna	Mr. Daryush Nowzohour

	Israel
1	Dhamma Pamoda	Mr. Bill Hart

	Korea
1	Dhamma Korea	Mr. Bill and Mrs. Anne Crecelius

	Japan
1	Dhamma Bhānu	Mr. Derik and Mrs. Yukiko Philips
2	Dhammādicca	Mr. Chris and Mrs. Sachiko Weeden

	Malaysia
1	Dhamma Malaya	Mr. Don and Mrs. Sally Mcdonald

	Mongolia
1	Dhamma Mahāna	Yet to be decided.

	Myanmar
1	Dhamma Joti	U Thaung Pe and Daw Myint Myint Tin
2	Dhamma Ratana	U Thein Htwe
3	Dhamma Maṇḍapa	Daw Mi Mi Myaing
4	Dhamma Maṇḍala	U Mya Kyaw
5	Dhamma Makuṭa	Dr. Maung Maung Aye and Daw Yi Yi Wing
6	Dhamma Manorama	Daw Nyo Win
7	Dhamma Mahimā	Daw Myat Lay Khaing
8	Dhamma Manohara	U Htin Aung and Daw Khin Myint May
9	Dhamma Nidhi	Daw Yema Maw Naing
10	Dhamma Ñaṇadhaja	U Ba Than
11	Dhamma Lābha	Mr. Parasuram Gautam
12	Dhamma Magga	Mrs. Sushila Goenka (Daw Nini Shwe)
13	Dhamma Mahāpabbata	U Kyi Thein and Daw Tin Tin Ye
14	Dhamma Cetiya Paììhāra	Yet to be decided.
15	Dhamma Myūradīpa	Dr. U Thein Tun
16	Dhamma Pabbata	Dr. Myo Aung and Daw Khin Than
17	Dhamma Hita Sukha Geha	U San Lwin and Daw Tin Tin Naing
18	Dhamma Mitta Yāna	U Maung Maug Sein
19	Dhamma Rakkhita	U Kyaw Thu and Daw Kyi Kyi Tun
20	Dhamma Vimutti	U Ko Ko

	Philippines
1	Dhamma Phala	Mr. Klaus and Mrs. Nadia Helwig

	Sri Lanka
1	Dhamma Kūìa	Mrs. Damayanthi Ratwatte + Miss Komi Mendis
2	Dhamma Sobhā	Mr. T. A. Piyasena
3	Dhamma Anurādha	Mr. D. H. Henry

	Taiwan
1	Dhammodaya	Mr. George Hsiao
2	Dhamma Vikāsa	Mr. Ping San Wang

	Thailand
1	Dhamma Kamala	Dr. (Ms.) Wilaiwan Sitasuwan
2	Dhamma Abha	Ms. Jittinun Jewcharoensakul
3	Dhamma Suvaṇṇa	Mr. Amnat Apichatvullop
4	Dhamma Kañcana	Mr. Vichit and Mrs. Pornphen Leenutaphong
5	Dhamma Dhānī	Mrs. Ladachat Saingam/ gt;
6	Dhamma Sīmanta	Mr. Nirand and Sutthi Chayodom
7	Dhamma Porāṇo	Ms. Juechan Limchitti
8	Dhamma Puneti	Mr. Ittiporn and Mrs. Monta Tonginnate
9	Dhamma Candapabha	Mrs. Patra Patrabutra

	Mexico and Latin America
1	Dhamma Makaranda	Mr. German Cano and Mrs. Martha Molina
2	Dhamma Santi	Mr. Arthur Nichols
3	Dhamma Veṇuvana	Ms. Mirjam Berns
4	Dhamma Pasanna	Ms. Macarena Infante
5	Dhamma Sukhadā	Mr. Parker and  Mrs. Laura Mills
6	Dhamma Suriya Peru	Mr. Parker and  Mrs. Laura Mills
7	Dhamma Nandanvana	Mr. Arthur Nichols

	Australia
1	Dhamma Bhūmi	Mr. Patrick Given Wilson and  Mrs. Ginnie Macleod
2	Dhamma Passaddhi	Ms. Laraine Doneman
3	Dhamma Rasmi	Ms. Anne Cheryll Doneman
4	Dhamma Ujjala	Mr. Michael and  Mrs. Trish Barnes
5	Dhamma Pabhā	Mr. Ernst and  Mrs. Karen Arnold
6	Dhamma Ᾱloka	Mr. Sean Salkin
7	Dhamma Padīpa	Mr. Volker Bochmann and  Mrs. Doris Herrmann

	New Zealand
1	Dhamma Medinī	Mr. Ross Reynolds

 

CO-ORDINATOR AREA TEACHER LIST

INDIA

·       Jammu and Kashmir + Himachal Pradesh + Punjab + Uttarakhand—

Mr. Pravin Bhalla

·       Uttar Pradesh + Jharkhand—

Mr. Pravin Bhalla

·       Bihar—

Mr. Vimalchand Surana

·       Madhya Pradesh—

Mr. Ashok and Mrs. Uma Kela

·       Chhattisgarh—

Mr. Sudhir and  Mrs. Madhuri Shah

·       Orissa + West Bengal + Assam + Arunachal +Tripura + Mizoram —

Mr. L. N. Todi

·       Sikkim + Meghalaya + Nagaland + Manipur —

Mrs. Sheeladevi Chaurasia

·       Andhra + Karnataka —

Mr. Mohan Raj Adala + Mrs. Sabrina Katakam

·       Tamilnadu —

Mr. Vimalchand Surana

·       Kerala —

Mr. Sudhir Pai

·       Maharashtra —

1.    Vidarbh (Akola, Yavatmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadhchiroli) —

Mr. Sudhir & Mrs. Madhuri Shah and Mr. Vishawmbhar Dahat

2.    Buldhaha + Jalna + Parabhani + Beed + Nanded + Latur + Usmanabad + Aurangabad —

Mr. Champalal Khinvasara

3.    Sindhudurg + Kolhapur + Sangli + Solapur + Satara +Ratnagiri + [Goa] —

Mr. Prakash and Mrs. Shubhangi Borse

4.    Dhule + Jalgaon + Ahmednagar + Raigad + Pune -

Mr. Hamir & Mrs. Nirmala Ganla

5.    Thane + Mumbai + Nasik -

Mr. Mahasukh and Mrs. Manju Khandhar + Mr. Premji and Mrs. Madhu Savla

·       Rajasthan —

Mr. Vimalchand Surana + Mr. Sher Singh Jain

·       Gujarat —

1.    Kutch —

Dr Bhimsi and Mrs. Pushpa Savla

2.    Saurashtra —

Mr Rajesh and Mrs. Manisha Mehta

3.    Ahmedabad (included) to rest of North Gujarat —

Mr. Kashyap and Mrs. Kamla Dharmadarshi

4.    Bharuch and Ahmedabad (Excluded) to Middle Gujarat -

Mr. Ramniklal Mehta

5.    South Gujarat From Umargaon (Vapi) to Bharuch (included) -

Mr. Jayantilal and Mrs. Kamala Thacker

OTHER THAN INDIA·      
 America —

o   East of 92 Degree Longitude —

Mr. Barry and Mrs. Kate Lapping

o   Rest of USA —

Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Tina Crisman

o   Latin America including Mexico —

Mr. Arthur Nichols and Mr. Parker and Mrs. Laura Mills

o   Canada -

Mr. Bill and Mrs. Virginia Hamilton

·       Africa —

o   South Africa —

Mr. Mahasukh and Mrs. Manju Khandhar

o   Central and Northern Africa —

Mr. Laith and Mrs. Melanie Wark

o   Upper Africa —

Mr. Daryush Nowzohour

o   Rest of Africa -

Mr. Daniel Mayer

·       Europe —

o   Germany, Italy, Sweden and Eastern Countries including Russia —

Ms. Floh Lehman

o   Rest of the Europe —

Mr. Chris and Mrs. Sachiko Weeden

·       Asia

o   Nepal —

Mr. Roop and Mrs. Beena Jyoti

o   Cambodia —

Mrs. Sutthi Chayodam and Ms. Jittinun Jewcharoensakul

o   Hong Kong —

Mr. Gregory and Mrs. Irene Wong

o   Indonesia —

Mr. Geoffrey White

o   Iran —

Mr. Daryush Nowzohour

o   Korea —

Mr. Bill and Mrs. Anne Crecelius

o   Japan —

Mr. Chris and Mrs. Sachiko Weeden

o   Malaysia + Singapore + Fiji —

Mr. Don and Mrs. Sally Mcdonald

o   Mongolia —

Yet to be decided

o   Myanmar —

Daw Yema Maw Naing

o   Sri Lanka —

Mrs. Damayanthi Ratwatte

o   Taiwan —

Mr. George Hsiao

o   Thailand —

Ms. Jittinun Jewcharoensakul

o   GCC countries including UAE, Oman and Bahrain -

Mr. Ratilal &  Mrs. Chanchal Savla

o   Israel —

Mr. Bill Hart

o   People's Republic of China —

Mr. Philix Lee and Mrs. Yu Yen and Mr. George Hsiao

o   Philippines + Vietnam —

Mr. Klaus and Mrs. Nadia Helwig

·       Australia —

Ms. Laraine Doneman

·       New Zealand —

Mr. Ross Reynolds

Responsibilities of Center Teacher

1.    All the administrative work of a centre will be a responsibility of Trustees appointed by the centre teacher. However, it will be Center Teacher's duty to check whether it's done in time and as per set guidelines. (as per rules and regulation of Respective State and Country)

2.    All the Meditation/Course related work is the responsibility of Center Teacher. Center Teacher may take help of local ATs/SATs/Ts and Dhamma Servers to fulfil that.

3.    Training of Dhamma Servers is the responsibility of Center Teacher.

4.    Sending quarterly report of the respective Center to Co-ordinator Area Teacher and Vipassana Research Institute.

All Center Teachers have already signed the Acceptance Letter that also defines some of their duties. In short, to look after all the responsibilities of respective Center, to see everything is done according to set guidelines. For any guidance required to fulfill these duties, Center Teacher may take advice from respective Co-ordinator Area Teacher.

Responsibilities of Co-ordinator Area Teacher

1.    Development and spread of Vipassana in respective area. It can be arranging Non-Center courses, organizing Mini-Anapana courses; organizing Introduction of Vipassana for various groups and institutes, etc.

2.    To help Center Teachers of respective area whenever asked for.

3.    To ensure Vipassana activity in respective area is done according to Guidelines set by the Principal Teacher Goenkaji.

4.   To review the request that comes for new centre in their respective area and to decide in consultation with Center Teachers nearby or any other full T's.

5.    To resolve AT/SAT/T's problems in their respective areas.

6.  To look after training of ATs in respective areas. However the training system will remain same for all, throughout the world. To assure that ATs/SATs/Ts of respective area participate in AT Workshop at least once in three years.

7.    Responsibility to get Dhamma literature translated into local languages.

8.    To look after AT Scheduling in respective areas.

9.    A Full Teacher can recommend any deserving meditator to become an AT as per AT-Kit guidelines. They may send it to respective Co-ordinator Area Teacher and he/she may proceed further as per the guidelines at present.

10. To decide about allowing Long Courses in a respective Center.

11. To send quarterly report to Vipassana Research Institute.

In short, to ensure every activity of Vipassana is done according to set guidelines in their respective area is the responsibility of a Co-ordinator Area Teacher.

Other Guidelines :

·       In our tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, as taught by S. N. Goenka. Goenkaji's guidance to be followed for all times, even as and when he modifies the guidelines.

·       The AT Kit (As modified in Dec 2012) is to be followed by all.

·       All types of training modules will remain same all over the world.

·       All data like, AT List, World-wide Course Data etc. will be finally compiled at VRI, India.

·       It is suggested that Worldwide Annual Meeting of AT will be held at Dhamma Giri or Dhamma Pattana, where all can participate. If not possible to be present every year, at least once in three years is recommended.

·       AT meeting's minutes (any meeting held world-wide) should be shared with all Full Teachers world-wide.

·       Tape Distribution System will remain as per the current existing practice.

In The Absence of the Principal Teacher Goenkaji :

·       The Teaching material will not be changed.

·       If any need arises to change anything in AT Kit or Training Modules, the decision should be taken with consensus of worldwide Co-ordinator Area Teachers. Or at least 75% Co-ordinator Area Teachers agree, such change should be made. (Vipassana Research Institute will co-ordinate this process.)

·       In case of sudden absence of Center Teacher, Co-ordinator Area Teacher may nominate AT/SAT/T with consultation of nearby Centre Teachers and other Full Teachers of respective area.

·       In case of sudden absence of Co-ordinator Area Teacher, teachers (acharyas) and senior assistant teachers of respective area may decide by 75% majority.

  

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