Ten minutes. We read every application ourselves and reply within a week. There is no deposit and no fee; a contribution is asked for at the end of the retreat, on a sliding scale.
The contribution
A retreat costs the trust about ₹1,900 a day for each person. At the end you are asked for anything between ₹600 and ₹3,500 a day, and most people give around ₹1,500. Nobody is turned away for money.