BAUL ARCHIVE -Oldest only Lineage (Parampara) of Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Baul, Das Baul (Gosai)

Babu Kishan's aka Krishnendu Das Baul 4th Book 2026, a tell all 'HISTORICAL LINEAGE BAUL' soon. Vaishnava Shahjiya Tantric Baul (Gosia Chand) are the only Baul lineage of Kirtan, Bhakti Tantric parampara. KD Babu Kishan has 'ARCHIVED and PRESERVED' this ONE and ONLY LINEAGE of Baul history for over 60 years, as indigenous people they have a right to their self-determination. This lineage does not follow others, others follow them.

Friday, August 16, 2024

Baul Tantra, 'Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra'

Baul Tantra "Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra" only this lineage (parampara) Copyright

To reinforce the use of intellectual property theft and indigenous fraud within the Baul tradition, specifically highlighting the upcoming release of Babu Kishan's fourth book, "Mystic Baul Tantra, Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra." I AM asserting that this book, and the knowledge it contains, is the only authentic representation of this lineage (parampara) there is not another. This one and only Baul Parampara, there is not another, those are fake Bauls, shilpi inauthentic opportunistic self-titled Bauls who are making up lineages and Baul Gurus. Now morphing again as Guru Baba and Guru Maa, while having people worship their feet, this is 100% not Baul. They title themselves as Baul Artists or Baul Masters.

Baul only worships Krishna feet or Radha's feet, although Krishna and Radha reside on the altar of the human heart, they do not sit in a chair while trying to be Ananda-mayi Ma (such an insult to a Saint) or to be the multi millionaire Ammachi, Radha Ma or a number of them, this is a business nothing more, nothing less LOL. Next they will be an aghori because apparently aghori is the most searched item on the internet these day, if one thing doesn't work, they morph to another.

If one has been acting as Baul self-titling themselves as Baul with fake Bauls Gurus (and this must be qualified, debated and just because someone tells you they are Baul no matter how famous they appear, it is exactly the opposite, they are merely riding on the coattails of this parampara or indigenous ancestral lineage, apparently now claiming or for a while now claiming Babu Kishan's title of Baul Ambassador since the 1970s, why was he a Baul Ambassador because the government of India through ICCR said so, there is a huge historical history and that history can not be cosplayed or remade, retraced and simple acted out in the public domain, why because they are indigenosu Baul, the other is a copy, a copy in a cosplay of an indigenous ancient oldest Baul tradition.

The lies have to stop, to be qualified, not to cause harm but to stop the harm this is doing to an indigenous people. who in a desparate need to become a Guru when Baul is already extinct. Trying to get people to worship them by touching their feet, collecting people and donations trying for a financial jackpot to preserve Baul when their narratives are false, when the nuances are no where close to accurate, while they spread false narratives and try deparately to claim all the firsts and lasts in Baul. No that game is over, they are playing with you, using you for their own fame, it is all an act.

Baul has already been preserved through at the very least 13 generations of ancestry documented and through KD Babu Kishan over more than 60 years. No one else can do this, no should steal this lineages lived lives and rework, remake their lives using the intellectual property of this singular lineage. Should we have stood up sooner, absolutely, however, there is a time for everything and that time is now.

Baul does not collect people?

You are not Baul if you are encouraging people to worship your feet, this is not Baul, present yourself to be worshiped. Baul teaches others to touch their own feet. You can't copy everything from this parampara or lineage and then bastardize it through more fakery. People touch Baul Samrat (Padma Shree) Purna Das Bauls feet only because they respect his legacy, which by the way is a one off, a first and last, and no one has a right to steal or mis-appropriate his legacy and twist it, posing pictures of Purna Das Baul and his brother with your fake Guru who was involved in a plot to poison him in the 1970s at Monohar Kepa's ashram in Kenduli. Monohar Kepa was a Vaishnava poet, not a Baul, he used to come and stay at Purna Das Bauls home in Calcutta, so did Bhaba Pagla who was not a Baul, they all hung around Purna Das Baul because he was famous and Krishnendu aka Babu Kishan would compose music to their poetry.

Copyright, no poaching for your youtube channel, no taking the names off or acting as if you actually know the story. The information on this Blog or this lineages and one and only parmapara does not represent hawker, random Bauls.

I have written about Baul dance on this blog as being a shakti transmission, this too has recently been reworked and re-presented in a youtube video as We, there is no we and no one talked about this before.

Stop poaching, cherry picking the bones off of this lineage, I write they steal, it has become viral most people know Baul is extinct, what they don't know clearly is that what is going on today is a cosplay of intellectual property theft through taking the hard work that KD Babu Kishan has done over 60 years, this is not satya, it is not Baul.

They they take Vaishnava Sahajiya Baul and act like they know what it is, this intellectual property theft, they are combing our writings cherry picking, what esle is new, just to let you know, they are not Vaishnava Sahajiya and Purna Das Bauls brother Lakshman Das Baul would take Purna Das Baul (millions of people would come and see only Purna Das Baul and before him Nabani Das Khapa Baul) at the )Joy Deve Melas and cultural programs) so as a coutesy Lakshame would bring Purna around to all the pretendian Bauls tents.

Yes, to all the people who know Babu Kishan can say used Baul, those ones who took the name 'Das Baul', the songs, style and what this lineage did and posed as Baul. People in the west and now in India do not even know what Baul means, they do not speak the language or know the music of the Bauls, they do not who the poets are or the difference between a Bauls song, a folk song or a India cinema song, they do not know that a costume is not Baul, look how many cults there are?

Laksham took Purna Das Baul around to the tents as a Baul dharsan for the people who were interested and tried to follow Baul by copying everything Purna Das Baul did. It was not the other way around. if you see a picture with someone who you call Baul it was a act of gratitude for trying to be a Baul, not the other way around.

The biggest thing and if I start seeing them write this that Baul Sahaja is Krishna and Dattatreya Sahaja instead of what they have been saying Baul Sahja is Buddhist Sahaja I will take direct action. This cultural mis-appropriation must be qualified louder, loudly, loudest.

BabuKishan.org

https://lineagebaul.blogspot.com/2025/02/indigenous-identity-theft-indigenous.html

Here's a summary of your key points:

Exclusive Knowledge and Lineage

Copyright Assertion: We emphasize that "Mystic Baul Tantra, Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra" and its contents are copyrighted and "all rights reserved," stating this was written "many years ago," establishing a historical claim to the intellectual property.
Babu Kishan's 4th Book: This upcoming release is presented as a definitive work.
The "Only" Lineage of Baul Avadhuta: We assert that the only authentic "Baul and Tantra" and the only lineage of the Baul Avadhuta is that of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul.
Nabani Das Khyapa Baul's Unique Practices: We specifically highlight Nabani Das Khyapa Baul as the "only actual authentic Baul to be known to do sadhana at Tarapith initiated by Bhama Kepa, and the only Baul to do sadhana at Kankali Tala where the villagers named him Khyapa Baba."
You state that these stories as to include yourself, as if you are Baul history, no you are not, you came out of the woodwork and created woodwork, you have invented a Baul Guru that nobody knows who that is, nobody including Babu Kishan who knew every Baul and Baul Guru knows who that is and you attribute this person from Murshidabad a place where Bauls never existed to this one and only thousands of year old lineage and the dance you copy and has been copied from Nabani Das Khyapa Baul of which we can affirm a thousand fold to your Guru Ektara, Baya (of which you call duggi) and nupoor which is only attributable to Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, then your other Guru we know is 100% not a Baul but copied the styles songs from this lineage and is involved in the poisoning of Purna Das Baul at Monohar Kepas ashram in Kenduli in the 1970s and practices are the "intellectual property of this one and only lineage" and have been "appropriated for advertising purposes." All this will be qualifed, debated and proved as inidgenous intellectual theft, you have been riding on the coattails of this one and only lineage for decades now with increased poaching, and cherry picking from our blogs, songs, style and intellectul property. Everybody should know Bauls is closed, there are no more firsts or lasts. Time has changed the days of using Baul are over.
Traditional Baul Practices vs. Nabani's: We explicitly differentiate, stating that "Bauls traditionally did not do the practices that Nabani Das Khyapa Baul did as a Baul Avadhuta at Tarapith or any of the other shakti peeth, Nabani was a rare Baul Avadhuta who was initiated by Bama Kepa, other Bauls tried to attract people by pretending they were Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, Purna Das Baul another one off of the first and lasts in Baul History" further solidifying the unique nature of this specific lineage. Cosplay is not Baul. Lying is not Baul, the first tenent of Bauls is satrya or truth.
Only Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Lineage: We declare this lineage to be the "only Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric lineage of Baul." from Ekachakra Birbhum W Bengal, they are the roots of Baul (Vayu Tula) Chandra Gosia. Not every wandering person is Bengal was a Baul. Muslim, Dervish, Fakir, Sai are not Baul, I know where this was copied from and it is circulation as a great financial jackpot fundraising tool.
Satya as First Tenet: We highlight "Satya" (truth) as the "first tenant of Baul," reinforcing the ethical foundation of your claims against fraudulent representations.

Theft of Baul Tattvas

Copied from Babu Kishan's Notes: We directly accuse others of copying "Baul tattva's" (philosophical principles of Baul Tantra) from "Babu Kishan's notes" and "Purna Das Baul's book, 'Baul Philosophy'."
No Prior Discussion of Tattvas: We stress that "no one ever taught or talked about Baul tattva's before" Babu Kishan's contributions.
Purna Das Baul's Book Source: We reiterate that the Baul tattvas were "first written about by KD Babu Kishan" and then "copied into the book 'Baul Philosophy' by Purna Das Baul and Selina Thielemann who copied them directly from KD Babu Kishan notes left in the Calcutta home."
Personal Proof and Documentation: We assert you have "proof" as Babu Kishan's wife, and have "documented everything for intellectual property theft and indigenous fraud purposes for 20 years," claiming "15,000 files regarding Baul" as evidence.

Broader Claims of Appropriation

Systemic Copying: We describe a continuous process where "everything from this lineage is picked to the bone and remade as if the fake shilpi Bauls have lived this lineages lives."
Indigenous Fraud and IP Theft: We explicitly label this behavior as "indigenous fraud" and "indigenous intellectual property theft," particularly concerning fundraising by non-indigenous individuals claiming to "preserve Baul" when it has already been preserved by Babu Kishan.
"Kali Yuga" and Deception: We frame the current situation as a manifestation of "Kali Yuga," where "what is real appears as false, and what is false appears as real."

This statement serves as a preemptive strike, firmly establishing the intellectual and spiritual ownership of this specific Baul lineage's knowledge and history, and directly challenging anyone who attempts to replicate, repurpose, or profit from it without proper acknowledgment or lineage.

https://lineagebaul.blogspot.com/2025/04/fake-pretendian-hawker-baul-critique.html

https://lineagebaul.blogspot.com/2025/02/indigenous-identity-theft-indigenous.html

BabuKishan.org

Defining the Authentic Baul Lineage

We unequivocally state that there is "not another" authentic lineage of Baul beyond that of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, Purna Das Baul, and Babu Kishan (Krishnendu Das Baul). You claim this lineage pioneered Baul in India during the freedom movement and globally from the 1950s onward.

Exclusive Baul Tantra and Sadhana

"Mystic Baul Tantra, Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra": We declare this to be the title of Babu Kishan's upcoming fourth book, asserting that its contents are copyrighted and exclusive to your lineage.
Baul Avadhuta and Nabani's Unique Practices: We state that only Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was the authentic Baul Avadhuta, having performed sadhana (spiritual practice) at Tarapith (initiated by Bhama Kepa)and Kankali Tala, where villagers named him "Khyapa Baba." You emphasize that these stories and practices are the intellectual property of your lineage and have been illicitly used for advertising.
Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Baul: We assert that your lineage is the "only Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric lineage of Baul."
Distinction from Traditional Bauls: We explicitly state that "Bauls traditionally did not do the practices that Nabani Das Khyapa Baul did," highlighting the unique and pioneering nature of his spiritual path within the Baul tradition.

Thefts of Baul Tattvas

You reiterate your claim that Baul tattvas (philosophical principles) were first conceptualized and documented by Babu Kishan, whose notes were then copied into Purna Das Baul's book "Baul Philosophy" (co-authored with Selina Thielemann). You accuse others, specifically naming, of copying these tattvas and even the chapter titles for their workshops, despite having only a superficial understanding. You emphasize that the authentic teachings of Baul Tantra are profound and cannot be learned or taught through such superficial means. I state that we possess 15,000 files of documentation as proof of this intellectual property theft and indigenous fraud.

Baul Philosophy, Practices, and Way of Life

You provide a detailed overview of various aspects of Baul practice, philosophy, and their unique characteristics:

Satya (Truth): You declare "Satya" as the "first tenant of Baul," reinforcing the moral foundation of your argument against deceit and appropriation.
Spiritual Bards and Philosophers: Bauls are described as "storyteller, mystic spiritual bards, philosophers, poets, tantrics, singers, dancers," walking the "path of the Avadhut."
Dual and Nondual: Baul philosophy is both dual and nondual.
Worship of Shakti (Feminine Divine): Vaishnava Bhakti Tantric Bauls of Birbhum prioritize the worship of the feminine divine (Shakti), including Radha before Krishna, and Kali before Shiva. Saraswati (Sarada Maa) is also highly revered.
Sattvic Lifestyle: Traditionally, Bauls were sattvic, characterized by long hair in a top knot (for men), and for women, long hair pulled back. They lived a sweet, vegetarian Vaishnava lifestyle, often as farmers with cows.
Nabani Das Khyapa Baul's Jata (Dreadlocks): You explain that Nabani's jata was a sign of his deep sadhana and Avadhut nature, as he spent years wandering in mountains (including to Nepal, Tibet, and Vrindavan), not for style or attraction. He shaved them later in life once he had a brain stroke.
Two Types of Baul:
Ghrihi Baul: Householders living in community, engaging in sweet, sattvic, right-handed Tantric practices.
Udasi Baul: Wandering ascetics (mostly male due to cultural context), free spirits, often engaging in more open sanga (company) around the dumi (fire pit). Udasi Bauls can attain high levels of mystical sadhanaeven without a partner.
Rasa Tattva: You elaborate on this profound Tantric technique, quoting Ramakrishna's analogy of refining sugar syrup. It involves distilling all experiences into "ecstatic intoxicating honey and juice," creating paradoxical, riddle-filled songs. "One song is a seed for a whole discourse, one song is the whole Bhagavad Gita." This process is rooted in rhythm, as "our life is based on rhythm."
The Rasa Lila Mystics as Trance Music: You connect the lineage to trance music and dance, emphasizing their connection to nature and instruments made from natural materials.
Bauls as "Spiritual Newspaper and Internet": Historically, Bauls freely shared their knowledge, never anticipating the modern era of copyright infringement and the "watering down" and "reduction" of their tradition. You acknowledge that times have changed, and Bauls must adapt.
Baul Yantra (Gopi Yantra): This is specifically defined as the ektara, a one-stringed instrument symbolizing peace and unity. It's called "Gopi Yantra" because your Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Baul lineage are Gosia Chand (Chandra), connecting it to Krishnendu Das. The instrument is treated as a Deity, infused with Shakti through sadhana, and is a "trance instrument" that induces divine love and yearning.

Detailed Baul Sadhana (Practices)

You provide a detailed (though incomplete) list of Baul sadhanas and tattvas, emphasizing that these are exclusive to your lineage:

Baul Sadhana: Inner vision, mystical out-of-body movement, developed intuition, setting up the altar of the heart, bringing Deities alive in the body, Kali/Tara/Shiva Sadhana, Mantra, Music & Sound healing, knowledge of Deity stories.
Baul Darshan: Philosophy distilling all Indian philosophies into simple songs and discourses.
Sadhana of Tattvas: Knowledge of the universe, including 108 tattvas (beyond the usual 25 or 36). Only a few have been released by KD Babu Kishan who has categorized all the Baul tattvas.
Manush Sadhana (Manaba Dharma): Practices teaching humanity, peacemaking, unity of cultures, caste, and creed, and universal love/acceptance.
Guru Tattva: Importance of the Guru, who teaches through song, and the concept of Joy Guru.
Nayika Sadhana / Partner Sadhana: Focus on the soulmate, constant mystical love, strong attachment, poetic thought directed to the partner, deep yogic focus, soul-to-soul connection (not primarily physical).
Rati Car-Dande Sadhana, Kama & Kamini Sutra: Advanced mystical yoga, not unconscious sex. "Rati Sangam" for mystical union. Requires awakened energy channels and open Kundalini (flowing waves of bliss). Udasi Bauls can achieve this without a partner.
Lila Tattva: Mystical love between Radha and Krishna, inner dance on the altar of the heart, an esoteric Vaishnava Baul Tantric practice.
Pra or Poro Tattva: Knowledge of others (face reading, prasna, mystical knowing, vastu).
Rasa Tattva: Grinding and juicing all experience (as described above), taught under a Baul Guru over lifetimes.
Atma Tattva: Self-realization, God realization, various forms of samadhi, knowledge of the soul (monar manush), and eternal nature.
Vayu Dharma: Pranayama, controlling the wind (linking to Hanuman-ji), unique techniques, crucial as "Baul" itself comes from "Vayu."
Deha Tattva: Knowledge of the body (yoga, Sankhya philosophy, elements, gunas, anatomy, koshas, energy centers/chakras—with distinct Baul interpretations), Ayurveda, remedies, herbs. Baul includes 108 tattvas here.
Shakti Sadhana: Worship of the feminine divine, high respect for women, famous women Bauls as equals. Tantric techniques for worshiping Kali Maa, Radha, Tara Maa, Saraswati, Mahavidya, Durga Maa.
Samgita and Nitya Sadhana: Music and dance, deep Tantra of Indian music and sound healing, highest Tantra.
Bhava Sadhana: Understanding moods and emotions, noting differences between Indian Bhakti and Western expressions due to ancestral memory.
Guruvada: Learning from the Guru, Guru shishya parampara sampradaya.

Historical Tribute and Confrontation of Fraud

I have offered a historical tribute to the lineage, particularly from the 1920s with Nabani Das Khyapa Baul's involvement in the Indian Freedom Movement (singing for Nehru and at the 1947 inauguration of India). You highlight Purna Das Baul's pioneering cultural programs globally (Russia in the 1950s, USA from 1967 with Laxman Das Baul and "The Bauls of Bengal"). You credit Babu Kishan for composing and recording over 80% of Purna Das Baul's famous music from the 1970s.

The "Big Pink" Story

Babu Kishan recounts a vivid anecdote from Purna Das Baul and Laxman Das Baul's first trip to America in 1967, sent by Nabani Das Khyapa Baul at Allen Ginsberg's request. They stayed at "The Big Pink" (Bob Dylan's and The Band's home studio in Woodstock, NY). The story vividly describes the Bauls' unfamiliarity with packaged and frozen food, and the spontaneous gathering of a crowd (not bears!) drawn to their mystical music, indicating its powerful effect.

Babu Kishan's Unique Qualifications

We reinforce Babu Kishan's exceptional background:

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's Reverence for Baul: We include powerful quotes from Ramakrishna about Baul as the "ultimate" path, a "complete university," and the "most advanced path of tantric sadhana," even expressing a desire to be reborn as a Baul.
Babu Kishan's Ramakrishna Monkhood: WE highlight Babu Kishan as the "only Baul to be a monk in Ramakrishna order in Calcutta for 12 years," where he learned insider stories about Ramakrishna from older monks who knew Nabani.
Academic and Musical Mastery: We emphasize his MA in Indian Music from Calcutta University, his mastery of various Indian music forms (folk, classical, Bollywood, bhajan, kirtan, Baul), and his composition of over 150 scores for Indian Cinema.
Global Advocacy: We state that since the early 1970s, Babu Kishan has been a "vocal adversary regarding all the wrong things that have been written about Baul," acting as a Guru and scholar, and criticizing outsiders who claim authority over his tradition through mere academic study.
Baul Ambassor is the title given to Babu Kishan and his family in the 1970s by ICCR, what on earth, why when Baul history is closed Baul is extinct would a cosplay Baul use this title. Stop copying this singular parampara.

Continuing Accusations of Fraud

You reiterate that "all (pretendian) Baul have followed this one and only lineage," copying their songs, style, history, Babu Kishan's teachings, music recordings, cinema career, and monkhood. You accuse them of trying to "remake the wheel of Baul history and herstory," even deleting the names of legendary Baul women like Manju Das, Brajabala Dasi, and Radharani Das.

We assert that without this specific 13+ generation lineage, "no one in this world would know about Baul."

Final Warnings

powerful warnings against:

"Hawkers": Those who constantly change their approach, seeking attention, recruiting people, fundraising, and forming fake foundations. I call them "idea thieves" and "hunters ready to poach."
False Marketing: We highlight their use of "flipper advertising stories" and "one liners bragging about how much they travel" as disconnected from genuine Baul reality.
"Baul Master" Title: We declare "Baul Master" to be a made-up title, as there has "never been" such a thing.
Consequences: We forewarn that all appropriation and fraud will be "qualified and reclaimed one by one," as "Masters at appropriated be for-warned all will be revealed, you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all the people all of time."

My statement is a comprehensive and deeply felt articulation of the perceived crisis facing the authentic Baul tradition due to widespread cultural appropriation and intellectual property theft. It serves as both a detailed expose and a protective declaration for your specific lineage.

TRIBUTE - 50 years ago the Bauls of Bengal came to America

Press photo 1967 Arrivals Calcutta airport

The legendary brothers Purna Das Baul and the late (2015) Laxman Das Baul arrived in America 50 years ago and arrived back home in Calcutta to a huge fan fare in their new suit coats.

* They are the first Tantrics and Bauls to arrive in America. All Bauls copy and follow this lineage because this lineage has the historical roots of Baul not only for the Bauls but for the world. No one in India or outside would know about Baul if it were not for these pioneering Baul who brought Baul and Tantra to the world.

* Purna Das Baul is the first accomplished Indian Vocalist to arrive in America.

* They are the first oldest living Lineage of Bhakti Yoga and Kirtan to arrive in America.

A story about that first trip to America

It should be noted the Bauls first came to America on request of Allen Ginsberg whose Guru was Nabani Das Khyappa Baul, Ginsberg had requested that the Grossman's bring Nabani Das Khyappa Baul to America. Nabani was not well and did not want to leave India so he sent his two son's Baul Samarat Purna Das Baul and Laxman Das Baul. This is a story as told to Babu Kishan by his late uncle Laxman Das Baul. The Bauls of Bengal as a musical group came to America for the first time in late 1966, early 1967 they stayed at a home studio called "The Big Pink"in Woodstock New York this was the home studio for Bob Dylan and the Band.

As usual upon awakening first thing in the morning the Bauls start their music sadhana playing their Gopi Yantra (ektara) and Khamak (mystic drum) after a few hours Sudhananda Das Baul went to the kitchen to see if they could figure out what to do with this packaged food and frozen food source they were left with and had never seen in their life. They didn't have a clue how to open the packages or what the food was in the freezer even was, probably frozen packaged chunks of meat, they were vegetarians. They were confused wondering we are hungry what do we do and also, wondering when Albert Grossman was coming back, they were just left at the house and told to help themselves? The scariest thing on their mind was if they went outside bears would eat them up, the place was called Bearsville.

As Sudhananda Das Baul was in the kitchen he glanced outside he was shocked to see at least 100 people enjoying and blissfully dancing right there on the lawn in front this house. They were not bears they were humans. The house was in the middle of farm land in a no where land in Woodstock NY. They had no idea what was going on or how these people came to be outside. Where did they come from?

Simultaneously Robbie Robertson was driving by in his car past the property and saw all the people and wondered what heck is all the commotion, he drove in asking the people what are you people doing here? They said, we heard the music I don't know what it is but we just were magically mysteriously drawn here, this sound is different, it is the first time we have heard this divine ecstatic music it has a mystical pulling power and it pulled us here, we were just drawn unconsciously like the pied piper pulled us here.

John Wesley Harding – Bob Dylan's 60s Wildcard — Definitely Dylan

Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (1969, Vinyl) - Discogs

Bob Dylan the First Western Baul, Purna Das Baul and Lakshman Das Baul, far left man unknown, 1966/67 Woodstock NY

The very next day on Robbie Robertsons request Bob Dylan and the Band show up with all their instruments. When the Bauls first saw them they were puzzled, they thought wow a new group is coming here I guess they are going to move us to another place. However, Bob Dylan and The Band had only come to the Big Pink at this time to jam with The Bauls of Bengal on Robbie Robertson's advice.

Bob Dylan and the Band recorded the album, "The Bauls at the Big Pink" the Bauls did not know they were being recorded. It should be known that the Bauls never knew who Bob Dylan was and only Lakshman Das Baul spoke a few words of English.

After this Bob Dylan was named and started to call himself, "The first Western Baul”. Many others came out of the woodwork and called themselves the first Western Baul only Bob Dylan is the first western Baul by name only and I am sure he has better things to do than present himself as such. There is no such thing as a western Baul, to be a eastern or western Baul first you have to be indigenous to Baul, have some ancestry in Baul? Baul is extinct? You can not fake Baul, sorry, you may be able to fake many things today, having a million likes on social media and pasting your picture all over does not make you a Baul. The first tenant of Baul is Satya, tell the truth, no truth, no Baul?

Copyright all rights reserved, no poaching or name dropping on youtube videos of Babu Kishan's stories that only he knows and has told, they are his stories not yours to take the names off, and present as if you are the one that knows?

There is no such think as a Baul Master or Baul artist, that is new way that pretendian Bauls appropriate this pioneering indigenous lineage, so they can use this lineage for shameless advertising? It is all very interesting how pretendian Bauls who said Baul was from Turkey, Baul is Buddhist now are decorated in Vaishnava markings tilika never before and now they love Krishna? Do your research, they never mentioned Baul Kirtan now they are? There has always been appropriation of this lineage but it has become a virus of copying proportions? The songs of this lineage, appropriating Nabani Das Khyapa Baul style, you do the research. The blind leading the blind in a whirl of self promotion?

#Baul #Khyapa #kepa #Khyepa #Khyapababa #khyapaBaul #BabuKishan

The below are only exclusive to this one and only singular Baul Parampara or lineage, all the terms and associations, for too long Baul has been mis-appropriated by inauthentic opportunistic fake Bauls and written about with false narratives by the Colonial Academicholarly institutions.

Critique & Preservation

#Baultruth #Baulculturalappropriation #Baulrealhistory #EndangeredBaullineage #Baulendangeredlineageparampara #Baulhistory #baularchive #archivedbaul

Baul Music

#baulmusic #baulgaan #Bauldocumentary #baulsangeet #baulkirtan #ektara #gopiyantra

Related Figures & Movements

#RabindranathTagore #BaulTagore #osho #VaishnavaBaul #TantricBaul #vaishnavaaghori #Ramakrishna #BaulandRamakrishna

General & Other

#baul #historicalBaul #pioneeringBaul #baulwomen #baulsaint #legendarybaul #baulartist #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara

"Authentic Baul" #AuthenticBaul

"Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls" #VaishnavaSahajiyaTantricBauls

"Birbhum Baul" #BirbhumBaul

"Nabani Das Khyapa Baul" #NabaniDasKhyapaBaul

"Babu Kishan Baul" / "Krishnendu Das Baul" #KrishnenduDasBaul

"Baul Guru Shishya Parampara" #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara

"Baul philosophy" #Baulphilosophy

"Krishna Kali unity" #Krishnakali

"Raai Raja lila" #RaaiRajaLila

"Real Baul history" #Baulrealhistory

"Baul cultural appropriation" #baulculturalappropriation

"Endangered Baul lineage" #Baulendangeredlineageparampara

#BaulandRamakrishna

Baul and Ramakrishna is only associated with KD Babu Kishan as he is the only Baul to be a monk in the Ramakrishna Mission for 12 years, this is a first and last in Baul.

#Baul&Tantra

Baul and Tantra is only associated with Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and KD Babu Kishan, Baul and Tarapith is only associated with them both too. Those others are not Baul as Baul Artist of an non-indigenous Baul is not a Baul but a users, poser, actor trying to remake the already lived lives of this parampara, do you speak the language, do you know what they are singing or who is the owner of the songs, or even if the songs are Baul songs, no you do not, so don't make emotional promotional comments when you do not even understand. You are cheering for a fake Baul and have no clue.

The practice of "Baul Kirtan-anga" Copyright, all songs will be reclaimed that belong to this lineages.
#BaulKirtan
(only this lineage, parampara, no one used Baul kirtan until they read it on this blog, this is downright appropriation and false advertising by fake opportunistic self-titled so-called Bauls for marketing purposes, they have appropriated this lineages intellectual property, it can be proven and must be brought to the attention of the public because they are asking for donations and fundraising for jackpots, awards, grants and are not Baul, their Guru is a fake Baul Guru.
The "Rasa Lila Mystics" this is the only lineage parampara that is Vaishnava and Vaishnava Sahajiya Gosia Chandra Das Baul and Dasi, there is not another, never was. #BaultheRasaLilaMystics
"Baul Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra". Copyright, no poaching
#Baultantramantragopiyantra
"The path of the Avadhuta". Copyright there are no other Baul Avadhuta's and that title only belongs to this lineage or singular parampara, there is not another. They make Baul a no name generic Baul while claiming the intellectual property and the already lived firsts and lasts of this lineage. I have documented thousands of misuse of Baul for over 20 years, if you would like to see my research contact KD Babu Kishan, his website is listed throughout this blog and website
#BaulthepathoftheAvadhuta
"Baul Sahaja is Krishna & Dattatreya Sahaja". Copyright and only mentioned by KD Babu Kishan
#BaulsahajaKrishnaDattatreyasahahaja

The Windcatchers (Vayu Tula). #BaulVayuTula. #baulwindcatchers

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"Authentic Baul" #AuthenticBaul

"Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls" #VaishnavaSahajiyaTantricBauls

"Birbhum Baul" #BirbhumBaul

"Nabani Das Khyapa Baul" #NabaniDasKhyapaBaul

"Babu Kishan Baul" / "Krishnendu Das Baul" #KrishnenduDasBaul

"Baul Guru Shishya Parampara" #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara

"Baul philosophy" #Baulphilosophy

"Krishna Kali unity" #Krishnakali

"Raai Raja lila" #RaaiRajaLila

"Real Baul history" #Baulrealhistory

"Baul cultural appropriation" #baulculturalappropriation

"Endangered Baul lineage" #Baulendangeredlineageparampara

#BaulandRamakrishna

#Baul&Tantra

The practice of "Baul Kirtan-anga"
#BaulKirtan
The "Rasa Lila Mystics" Raasa leela Mystics, Raas Tattva (this lineage only)
#BaultheRasaLilaMystics
"Baul Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra".
#Baultantramantragopiyantra
"The path of the Avadhuta".
#BaulthepathoftheAvadhuta
"Baul Sahaja is Krishna & Dattatreya Sahaja". #BaulsahajaKrishnaDattatreyasahahaja

The Windcatchers (Vayu Tula). #BaulVayuTula. #baulwindcatchers

#Tantramantragopiyantra #Baultantra

"Authentic Baul" #AuthenticBaul

"Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls" #VaishnavaSahajiyaTantricBauls

"Birbhum Baul" #BirbhumBaul

"Nabani Das Khyapa Baul" #NabaniDasKhyapaBaul

"Babu Kishan Baul" / "Krishnendu Das Baul" #KrishnenduDasBaul

"Baul Guru Shishya Parampara" #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara

"Baul philosophy" #Baulphilosophy

"Krishna Kali unity" #Krishnakali

"Raai Raja lila" #RaaiRajaLila

"Real Baul history" #Baulrealhistory

"Baul cultural appropriation" #baulculturalappropriation

"Endangered Baul lineage" #Baulendangeredlineageparampara

#BaulandRamakrishna

#Baul&Tantra

The practice of "Baul Kirtan-anga" #BaulKirtan
The "Rasa Lila Mystics" #BaultheRasaLilaMystics
"Baul Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra". #Baultantramantragopiyantra
"The path of the Avadhuta". #BaulthepathoftheAvadhuta
"Baul Sahaja is Krishna & Dattatreya Sahaja". #BaulsahajaKrishnaDattatreyasahahaja

The Windcatchers (Vayu Tula). #BaulVayuTula. #baulwindcatchers

#baul

#baulmusic

#tantra

#babukishan

#baulgaan

#nabanidasbaul

#purnadasbaul

#bengal

#india

#indianmusic

#shantiniketan

#baullineage

#bengalibaul

#baularchive

#archivedbaul

#NityanandaofEkachakra

All content on this blog is the sole property of Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das. Please ask Babu directly before you name drop from his stories and lineage! Indigenous Baul identity theft is a real thing. No poaching, stealing, hijacking - by taking names off and recreating fake stories or stealing anything from this blog. This Blog is designed and written by Trishula Das who is Babu Kishan's wife of almost 20 years, listening to Baul for 24/7. Please do not copy these stories, rework them and then put your own name the stories or add other Baul names from fake lineages, there are no other lineages of Baul. Do not copy place by place, what he has accomplished reworking, retracing work, such as teaching at Universities when you never went to a University, or pretending you ever had an association with the Ramakrishna Mission when Babu Kishan the first and last Baul to attend the Ramakrishna Mission and fundraise for the Ramakrishna Mission for decades. Oh and worst yet do not make lose associations with Indian Cinema when Babu Kishan is the first and last and only Baul to have actually worked in all levels of Management, Filmaker and Music Composer in Indian Cinema (Bollywood). There is no need for fake PRETENDIAN Bauls called Baul Masters or Baul Artists to fundraise as saviours of Baul when Baul has already been preserved by Babu Kishan decades ago (1960- now) that is over 60 years. Please do not take his name off and tell his stories that can only be known or have only been told by Babu Kishan about his lineage of his Guru Nabani Das Khyapa Baul. Do not reprint and twist, turn, cherry pick, using names from Babu's life with people he knows, then on youtube talk like as if you know when you took it from this blog or his website. Do not make Baul randon or generic, to include yourself, first there is no way you are Baul and your fake Baul Guru and fake lineage are fakes, this is indigenous FRAUD. Nabani Das Style with Baya (hand drum at waist) Ektara and Nupoor style ankle bells, are Nabani Das Khyapa Baul style only, his son Purna Das Baul's style too, cease and desist from using their songs, style, faking this lineage this is indigenous identity theft, it not our fault your fake Baul Guru copied this whole lineage, it is your fault for lying and continuing the indigenous Fraud and even worse now trying to fundraise to preserve Baul when Baul is already preserved, this is indigenous fraud. This is Cultural Mis-Appropriation.

The content of this Blog will be expanded on and included in 'Historical Baul' to be released 2025 this is Babu Kishan's 4th book on Baul, the others are out of print from 1980's. Historical Autobiography of Baul The Rasa Lila Mystics Reclaiming the Indigenous Ancestral Heritage of the Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum BAUL TANTRA- MANTRA- GOPI YANTRA, The path of the Avadhuta (Please do not call yourself an Avadhuta now) LOL Baul has been overworked, reworked so many times over, nobody would even know what is real and what is fake.

When anyone cuts the names and stories of this lineage off the stories and then replaces their names on these stories this is wrong. It is a fact that no one in India or around the World only know about Baul because of this family lineage.

This lineage is the first and only Pioneering Lineage to bring Baul out of the village in Birbhum to the World.

Some others were invited to travel with them or followed them, trying to do what they have already done, then Riding on the Coat Tails of this lineage saying they are they are first, they are not, the first Women Baul to travel around the world starting in 1969 was Manju Das before internet.

Copying what Babu Kishan and his family have already done is miseducating the public because many are making astronomical claims that are not true. Yet they are singing the songs of this lineage but adding other peoples names, this is a cultural appropriation. There is a Baul History and Her-story and this story was complete decades ago.

The real Baul is extinct! Babu Kishan has ARCHIVED BAUL decades ago, it has been done, it is complete. This will be presented one by one. This is important because 'Newcomers to BAUL', are watering down, reducing and dumbing down Baul. The speculation on who the Bauls are is mind boggling. Scholars have never got it right, they only speculate or talk to the wrong people. These statements will be qualified one by one.

Babu Kishan has preserved his one and only'Lineage Baul' because he could fore tell the change Baul was even going through back in the 1970's.

No one in this world would know who the Bauls of Bengal are without all the work of this family, this lineage and Babu Kishan. All Bauls follow this lineage, this lineage is ancient and they do not follow anybody.

The new Baul singers, follow this lineage by singing their songs, by dressing as they dress, by following them around the world and by meeting their friends.

Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Rabindranath Tagore, Osho and many others were only associated with this family and this lineage.

Babu Kishan is the eldest in his generation of Vaishnava Tantric Bauls, he is Nabani Das Khyapa Bauls eldest Grandson and raised by Nabani and Brajabala from Birth til he was 8 years of age, they instilled in him that he preserve his Lineage Baul and this he completed decades ago. It has been done and will only be presented in time.