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Located off the west coast of Scotland, Holy Isle has an ancient spiritual heritage stretching back to the 6th century. Visitors are welcome all year round.

At the north of the island there is the Centre for World Peace and Health where an ongoing retreat and course programme takes place. We also welcome guests to stay at the Centre for personal retreats or holiday breaks. A closed Buddhist retreat takes place at the south of the island. As well as staying at the Centre, you are invited to visit Holy Isle for the day. The island is divided into several areas, some of which are reserved for birds and animals, others for our native tree planting programme. We request visitors to stay on the paths and not to bring animals onto the island. The Project:

The Holy Isle Project is directed by Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation master in the Kagyu tradition and is open to all, Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Since Rokpa Trust bought the Holy Isle in 1992 it has been Lama Yeshe’s intention to provide an ecological sustainable environment where individuals can develop and experience inner peace, regardless of their background or spiritual tradition. The Centre for World Peace and Health is open to people of all faiths. This is in keeping with his wish to make the island available to as wide a group of people as possible. The stewardship and care of Holy Isle’s beautiful natural environment is high on Lama Yeshe’s agenda. With a far reaching vision, the Holy Isle Project is working to address the spiritual value of the land through restoring and conserving the natural ecology. The Centre:

The Centre for World Peace and Health is located at the North end of Holy Isle and is open to visitors throughout most of the year. There is an ongoing retreat and course programme and visitors are welcome to stay at the Centre for their own personal retreat or holiday breaks as well as taking part in one of the many courses on offer from March through to October. Accommodation and full board can be provided for over 60 guests.

10/04/2026

What a lovely find this morning near the pond...Beautiful,snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)
Also known as snake's head (the original English name), chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, l***r lily (because its shape resembled the bell once carried by l***rs), Lazarus bell, chequered lily, chequered daffodil, drooping tulip or, in the British Isles, simply fritillary 💕

28/03/2026

We do have a sandy beach! Only visible at very low tides 🏝

22/03/2026

Young ponies enjoying the mid day sun next to the Akong memorial grove today 🙏

21/03/2026

Stunning evening with the sea fog still rolling in , as it has been for most of the day ❤️

18/03/2026

Check out our upcoming courses with the link below, places filling fast...

https://www.holyisle.org/courses/?url=/courses

04/03/2026

Common slow worm (Anguis fragilis) taking advantage of the afternoon sun 🌞

02/03/2026

The Red squirrel is at it again...😄

28/02/2026

A stunning day today, the sun is shining enhancing the colours of our spring flowers. A lovely day indeed for our winter retreatants 🌞

Wherever and whenever we can, we should develop compassion at once.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche

27/02/2026

We’re delighted to let you know about a forthcoming Tara Rokpa weekend workshop - Introduction to Back to Beginnings - led by Dr Brion Sweeney and taking place in Edinburgh from 20th–22nd March 2026.

You’ll find details on the attached poster and for more information and to register please contact: soozdawson@icloud.com

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"Back to Beginnings is a psychotherapeutic approach with an approximate 18 months to two year commitment. It involves an in-depth and systematic review of one's personal life story with a view to understanding its deeper implications for our ways of being and acting in the world. In the process, habitual tendencies and patterns of mind are thoroughly investigated providing possibilities for moving beyond limiting ways of seeing and experiencing self and others. The main therapeutic tools used in the recollection of the life story are writing and the use of art materials, massage and relaxation and meditative visualisation exercises.*

Click the following link for more information Back to Beginnings: https://www.tararokpa.org/therapy/wwd/stages/back_to_beginnings.php

Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Buddhist Centre
Kagyu Samye Dzong Edinburgh
Holy Isle Project, Arran
Kagyu Samye Dzong Highlands
Kagyu Samye Dzong Glasgow
Kagyu Samye Dzong Scarborough
Kagyu Samye Dzong Dublin, Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre
Kagyu Samye Dzong London
Healing Relaxation
Marilyn Harris

23/02/2026

Rainbows this morning 🌈

19/02/2026

Out of our three larger mammals on the island, the Saanen goats are always the first to give birth. Next will be the Soay sheep, then the Eriskay ponies.
Thank you to our guest, Marina, for giving us these photos of the first baby goat 🙏

18/02/2026

Wishing all a Happy Losar 🙏

"Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life."

Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche

Address

Lamlash Bay
Isle Of Arran
KA278GB

Telephone

+441770601100

Website

http://www.holyisle.org/, http://holyisland.wordpress.com/

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