Vipassana Fellowship Meditation Course

An established online course in Mindfulness Meditation as found in the Serenity and Insight traditions of early Buddhism.

Please join us for one of our 10 week courses:

• June 2018 (10 week course: June 16th - August 24th)
• September 2018 (10 week course: September 29th - December 7th) - Registration now available.
• January 2019 (10 week course)

Vipassana Fellowship’s online meditation courses have been offered since
1997 and have proven helpful to meditators in many countries around the
world. The main text is based on a tried and tested format and serves
as a practical introduction to samatha (tranquility) and vipassana
(insight) techniques from the Theravada tradition of Buddhism. Intended
primarily for beginners, the 10 week course is also suitable for
experienced meditators who wish to explore different aspects of the
tradition. The emphasis is on building a sustainable and balanced
meditation practice that is compatible with lay life. The course is led
by Andrew Quernmore, a meditation teacher for over 20 years and with a
personal meditation practice of more than 35 years. Andrew trained with
teachers in Sri Lanka and in England and has taught meditation in London
colleges and at retreats in the UK, Europe and Asia. The course is
delivered wholly online in our Course Campus.

Comments from participants

Participants in our earlier course wrote:

“What a wonderful experience this has been. The course was so well
organized, easily accessible, affordable, systematic, and comprehensive.
I will always be grateful for this experience in my journey.” L, USA

“I found the course immensely useful, accessible and extremely thought-provoking.” - A, UK

“I didn’t finish everything, but what I was able to experience
was profound. Thank you so much for the tremendous wealth of thinking
and peace contained within your course.” - N, USA

“I found it very helpful and well structured. It helped me
establish a daily practice throughout the duration and to learn a lot” -
I, Argentina

“When I applied to join the course, I was struggling in my
practice and had lost heart. I can’t sufficiently express my
appreciation and gratitude for the wonderful resource you offer. The
content was immediately engaging, and was throughout delivered with
clarity and thoughtful care. Perhaps I can best express feedback in
terms of how differently things feel having completed the course. The
words that pop up are refreshment, reinvigorated, revival; joyful
reconnection and commitment. Thank you.” - E, UK

“Before joining this course I was doing meditation but not with
such discipline and without any structure. This course showed me many
beautiful aspects of meditation which I have read before but not
experienced. My sincere thanks to you and all people working for this
online course. This is great help to people who cannot go physically to
Ashrams to attend and practice.” S, India

“I greatly enjoyed it! And found it to be a great introduction to various meditation techniques.” - M, Hong Kong

“I very much appreciated the structure of the course and the
exercises, which made it easy to integrate them into normal everyday
life. Not being in a retreat but living in normal circumstances while
practicing the exercises has enabled me to more and more notice
phenomena arising in particular situations and I indeed started to learn
and observe how suffering is created in everyday life situations and
what suffering feels like. (A bit like ‘training on the job.’) Also I
noticed insights arising, literally out of nowhere.” - A, Germany

“am very happy with the offered course, and Andrew’s use of
personal perspective really helped me understand things better. Although
I’ve previously used Vipassana meditation, this course really brought
it together for me.” J, USA

“Meditations of Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Appreciative Joy,
Equanimity etc. will no doubt help to maintain an emotional balance in
the midst of discouraging vicissitudes of life. All in all the package
was complete, precise and well crafted for the development of mind.
Thank you, with your help I began the journey. And hope, will continue
till the end.” J, India

“Truly memorable experience. Am determined more than ever to
continue my practice and perpetual exploration. Thanks for taking us
through this journey.” G, India

“I enjoyed very much the January meditation course. Although
I’ve done a few of those 10 day courses, this online course taught me
new techniques that I find helpful. I also enjoyed the readings and
found Andrew’s style of writing to be very pleasing to read. He doesn’t
shove the text down one’s throat. Instead, he imparts the information in
a way which is easy to read and leaves the reader feeling at ease - as
though this is really doable if only one approaches it with a relaxed
and calm attitude. Thanks Andrew! I hope we meet someday!” - A, USA

Recent comments:

“This course has been very helpful to me in establishing a daily practice.” - D, USA

“I have learned much and my meditation practice has benefitted greatly…” - C, Australia

“I would like to thank you for your well structured, informative and
personal course, it helped me for 3 months in a great way and left me
determine to continue meditation practice…” - T, Qatar

“Wonderful course. Like a guided stroll through a wondrous
rainforest. Rough terrain and stormy weather were dealt with gently but
profoundly. Beauty was to be rejoiced in. Student discussion was fun and
educative. Both my
meditation practise and my Buddhism grew exponentially. Thank you Andrew
and all participants.” -S, Australia

“I enjoyed your course. I meditate each morning…” - A, USA

“Thank you very much for the Vipassana course! … I kept up, learned, and benefitted in what feels like a major way.” - M, USA

“Impermanence! I do not like endings. Thank you so much for offering
this meditation course to the world. I was so happy to find it.” - S,
Canada

“Hi, I have just completed the course. It was fantastic, life
altering. Feel very sad that it is finished. I have now established a
daily meditation practice and will try to find a group in Sydney to
further my dhamma practice. Thank you, it really has been a remarkable
experience. I will join the Parisa and stay in touch with this
organization. I have NO complaints only gratitude. Thank you.” - K,
Australia

“As we near the end of the course I just want to say ‘thank you’ for
your work on it and share some of my thinking and experience at thsi
point. Ive found the different aproaches to meditation interesting and
useful and have appreciated your focus on practicalities. The frequently
asked questions have helped to avoid my inundating you with questions,
as many people have clearly walked the path before asking them! … I am
happy that it is a practical philosophy for living an ethical life, I
like the emphasis on acting skillfully, feel that individual
responsibility for ones actions (rather than relying on redemption)
makes sense … Thank you for a very accessible path! - J, UK

Earlier comments