Teachings, guided practices & conversations from Amrita Baba and the Open Heart sangha
An introduction to the Open Heart lineage, Amrita Baba's story, the role of the guru, and how this dharma applies to Western life. A good starting point before exploring the three paths.
Baba introduces the Amrita Mandala sangha and announces recent enlightenment events among practitioners.
Open HeartInterview with Baba on spiritual awakening and enlightenment — his method, his lineage, and the possibility of liberation for everyone.
LFG PodcastPart 1 of a two-part interview — Baba traces his path through Zen, martial arts and calligraphy in Japan to his own realisation.
LFG PodcastPart 2 — Baba discusses dharma and yoga as an actual path to mastery, arguing that no practitioner should see themselves as an exception.
LFG PodcastSecond interview on the NeverMind Podcast — Ludovic and Baba revisit Amrita Mandala four years on, exploring what has changed.
LFG PodcastBaba and Simha explore the role of the guru in tantric Buddhism — the guru as the one who dispels the darkness of ignorance.
LFG PodcastBaba introduces his Revitalized Zen project — what needs revitalising in Zen and what a living transmission of it could look like.
LFG PodcastTalk on the present corruption of dharma in the modern world, paired with practice on absolute bodhicitta and Dzogchen.
Open HeartKim Katami interviews Lama Lyse — a longtime dharma teacher and mentor — about her path and teachings.
LFG PodcastPart 1 of Baba's interview with Lama John Hoag — covering his experience of Japanese Zen and his path into Vajrayana Buddhism.
LFG PodcastPart 2 — the interview goes deeper into Lama John's inner experience and the subtleties of Vajrayana practice.
LFG PodcastCausal Body · Rainbow Body Yoga · Vipashyana · 13 Bhumi Model
The Path of Wisdom and Clarity works with the causal body — the realm of emptiness, the nature of mind, and the 13 bhumis. Through Rainbow Body Yoga and vipashyana, practitioners recognise and stabilise the nondual state, ultimately attaining sambodhi: full enlightenment and the cessation of all existential confusion.
Guided practice exploring the relationship between emptiness, true self, and bodhicitta. Core teaching on recognising one's pure nature.
Open HeartBaba explains the full scope of nonduality — why partial awakenings are incomplete and what genuine nondual recognition requires.
LFG PodcastGuided practice using deep relaxation as the doorway to recognising Buddha nature. Introduces the concept of 'festival' over 'retreat'.
Open HeartDiscussion of nonduality in the context of Buddhism, exploring how Buddhist teachings point to the nondual nature of mind.
LFG PodcastIntroductory episode asking the fundamental question: what is spiritual awakening, and how does it relate to everyday life?
LFG PodcastBaba and Simha discuss enlightenment as a central question of dharmic practice — what it actually means and whether it is realisable.
LFG PodcastA clear explanation of full enlightenment, what it involves, and how it relates to Buddha nature and progressive stages of practice.
LFG PodcastExtract from an interview discussing the actual mechanics of awakening — a practical guide to what brings about genuine awakening.
LFG PodcastTeaching on Sambodhi — complete enlightenment — and the Trikaya doctrine of the three bodies of a Buddha.
Open HeartKipa and Sangita, two fully enlightened women, discuss their experience of cessation of subtle bodies and what spiritual perfection means.
Open HeartBaba discusses whether full enlightenment and the complete end of suffering is achievable by ordinary Westerners living modern lives.
LFG PodcastInterview with Sangita exploring her experience of enlightenment and the permanent cessation of suffering as a Western practitioner.
LFG PodcastBaba discusses rainbow body — the dissolution of the physical body into light at death — in Mahasiddha and Taoist traditions.
Open HeartBaba talks about five students who have achieved full enlightenment, relating their attainment to the rainbow body teachings.
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Open HeartBaba and Simha discuss rainbow body and lightbody in relation to internal arts traditions of China and Japan.
LFG PodcastKim Rinpoche, Lama Carl and Acharya Ugi discuss bodhicitta — the aspiration to achieve Buddhahood for the liberation of all beings.
LFG PodcastBaba's commentary on the Heart Sutra and core Mahayana principles, taught within the context of guided practice.
Open HeartBaba reads and comments on a passage from the Lotus Sutra on the assurance every being has of eventually becoming a Buddha.
Open HeartSecond interview for the Body of Light documentary, exploring Baba's system designed specifically for Westerners seeking this attainment.
LFG PodcastHelena discusses Buddha nature as becoming the most authentic version of yourself — free of trauma, fixations and preconceived ideas.
LFG PodcastShane describes his experience of years of suppressed material suddenly releasing — and what lay on the other side of that.
LFG PodcastSimha explores the subtlest layers of self-making — how even very subtle fogginess in the aura perpetuates separation.
LFG PodcastSilvia describes a deep joy arising from within the heart, without any external cause — the flavour of natural liberation.
LFG PodcastUgi describes the moment when all sense of separation dissolved — no more dualistic relationship, no fogginess obscuring clarity.
LFG PodcastRobert describes his practice as feeling like life or death necessity, and the instant disappearance of craving upon awakening.
LFG PodcastKim Katami and Carl discuss the mechanics of seeing through the illusion of self, drawing on Pemako Buddhist teachings.
LFG PodcastAstral Body · Amrita Kriya Yoga · Meridian Healing · Trauma Integration
The Path of Healing and Light works with the astral body — the field of meridians where emotional wounds, trauma, and the five poisons are stored. Through Amrita Kriya Yoga, samatha, and compassion practices, these layers are healed and purified, ultimately leading to cessation of the astral body and the end of all emotional friction.
Baba discusses the energetic design of Hindu and Buddhist traditions and how full healing of complex trauma is possible — and why it seems unbelievable.
Open HeartExplores whether complete healing of trauma — including complex modern trauma — is truly possible through tantric yoga methods.
LFG PodcastPeter Fairfield interviews Baba for the Healer's Council Podcast, exploring healing, dharma and the integration of trauma and awakening.
LFG PodcastContinuation of the Healer's Council interview — deepening the conversation on healing, Baba's methods, and Western practitioners.
LFG PodcastFull guided practice session on all-embracing compassion, grounding in the body's pure nature of clarity, ease and settledness.
Open HeartMasterclass on Tonglen practice — taking in suffering and sending out relief — applied to the fear of traumatised children.
Open HeartEvening practice session from a retreat, working with bodhicitta — the heart-mind of enlightenment — as the core of practice.
Open HeartShort closing prayer from a retreat: 'May all beings attain the body of light.' A dedication of merit for all beings.
Open HeartPhysical Body · Amrita Asanas · Immortality Exercises · Vitality
The Path of Health and Great Bliss works with the physical body through yogic movement, vitality practices, and Bodhidharma's Bone Marrow Washing (the Immortality Exercises). The body is understood not as an obstacle but as a vehicle — embodied practice grounds awakening in the living reality of the physical form.
Discussion of why embodied practice is essential — and why sitting practice alone cultivates the wrong ground for awakening.
LFG PodcastPractice focused on the whole body smile and the natural joyfulness of basic nature, approached from two perspectives.
Open HeartPost-session reflection on receiving the grace of countless mahasiddhas, emphasising the living transmission of the lineage.
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