10 Jan 2023 - Volunteering in 2023

*VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2023* Our Centre reopens shortly for our Winter Retreat, with a full season of short courses and retreats starting later in March. We offer short- and longer-term volunteering opportunities with our kitchen, house care, garden and environment teams. Enthusiasm and good will is the most important qualification but this year especially we are looking... Read more

27 Nov 2018 - Privacy Statement

*PRIVACY STATEMENT* Rokpa Trust and all its branches are committed to handling personal data fairly, transparently and in accordance with the Rokpa Trust Data Protection Policy.  The personal data we hold are names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses for the purpose of keeping interested people informed of our activities and facilities offered.  In the case of donors... Read more

1 Sep 2016 - Spotlight on St Molaise - Pilgrimage of the Heart to Holy Island

Bless to me, O God, the earth beneath my foot, Bless to me, O God, the path whereon I go, Bless to me, O God, the thing of my desire, Thou ever more of evermore, Bless Thou to me my rest.  - The Carmina Gadelica, III, 181(1)** The earliest recorded name for Holy Island was Inis Shroin, which is old Gaelic for ‘Island of... Read more

21 Jul 2016 - Dharma Courses by Donation

Dear All,  You may already be aware that Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, the Abbot of Kagyu Samye Ling, made a decision in 2015 in honour of Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche to offer the Dharma courses in Samye Ling without any course fees.  Here on Holy Isle we would like to follow this example, and so from... Read more