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

Babu Kishan's aka Krishnendu Das Baul 4th Book 2025, a tell all 'HISTORICAL LINEAGE BAUL' will be released soon. Vaishnava Shahjiya Tantric Baul (Gosia Chand) are the only Baul lineage of Bhakti Tantric Yoga, the lineage of Kirtan. Babu Kishan has 'ARCHIVED and PRESERVED' this ONE and ONLY LINEAGE of Baul history and herstoryfor over 60 years, as indigenous people they have a right to their self-determination. This lineage does not follow others, others follow them.

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Inauthentic, pretendian, Baul claimants, self-titled actors as Baul Artists & Baul Masters, replacing us by imitating us.

The Vaishnava Sahajiya Bauls of Birbhum are an indigenous ancestral Tantric Bauls (Vayu Tula) this is the only and oldest parampara of Baul from the soil and soul of Birbhum W Bengal India.

Do not superimpose this lineage (parampara) over any other fake lineage of fake Baul Guru's. How would you know, you wouldn't know, that is why we are telling you. It will all be explained in Babu Kishan's new book to be released soon.

There is no such thing as a Baul Master or a Baul Artists, these are made up by people who are not even from Bengal, but are remaking the already lived lives of the firsts and last in Baul.

If you come here to read about Baul this is the official archive of Baul and it has nothing to do with any "inauthentic practitioners" or "opportunistic claimants" self-titled Baul Artists or Baul Masters?

“When people steal from our culture they end up distorting our culture, they turn it into something we do not even recognize, erasing us by replacing us.”

From the Canadian documentary, The Pretendians about the misuse of indigenous heritage to take advantage of grants gaining a false prestige on the backs of indigenous people.

Exclusivity of Narrative: All stories, principles (tattvas) that were categorized by this lineage, and techniques shared refer only to this particular Indigenous ancestral Parampara. Exclusivity of the Baul Kirstans and songs of this lineage, the style, and stories of this singular parampara belong to this parampara or ancestral indigenous lineage.

Rejection of "Pretendian Bauls" "inauthentic practitioners" or "opportunistic claimants": Explicitly disavowing and calling out individuals who falsely claim to be Bauls, specifically those who have self-titled themselves "Das Baul" and "Dasi." The creation of fake Baul Gurus and fake Baul lineages or paramparas. These actors have no sense of nuance or context of Baul, they find buzz words, make a youtube video and throw the buzz words out to legitimize themselves as a Baul? More often than not, they have gathered these words from our blogs or websites or from a book?

Mis-appropriation: The statement highlights the severe issues of "poaching, cherry-picking, and false narratives" that have impacted this ancestral indigenous lineage or parampara. Baul history is complete, all the stories, first and last are complete. Baul Artists (actors) inauthentic practitioners and opportunistic claimants who now are claiming firsts in a remake of what has already been achieved by indigenous Bauls? Self-titled Baul Artists fake Baus who cunning; skillful in achieving one's ends through deceit or evasion, pernicious; having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle ways, subversive; seeking to overthrow or undermine a ancient ancestral indigenous parampara’s already achieved firsts and lasts, often gradually bit by bit and before anybody knows the goal of replacing Baul by imitation of Baul is accomplished, these people have nothing to lose, there is no consciousness it is about the Guru business.

Sole Responsibility for Self-Determination: I emphasize that this Indigenous lineage holds the exclusive right to determine its own path and representation.

Need for Protection: There's a clear call for safeguarding this "ancient pioneering ancestral lineage, or Guru Shishya Parampara sampradaya (sect or kula)" from "rampant misappropriation, twisting, acting out, and remaking of their lived lives claiming all their firsts and lasts regarding Baul of this one and singular parampara or ancient living lineage based on indigenous ancestry."

Calling Out Anonymization: We specifically mention the harmful practice of removing the names and identities of this lineage while replacing them with a "no-name, generic, random Baul" and a acting out their lived lives, firsts and lasts regarding Baul by, "Pretendian Bauls" "inauthentic practitioners" or "opportunistic claimants" who steal indigenous identities to capture lucrative grants, prestige, funding, awards, songs, style and culture displaying self-created indigenous Baul identities that are fake always for a benefit and taking away opportunities of the indigenous Bauls.ntic claimants, who are running around acting. for way to long now.

Any words this lineage parampara uses or has written about over the past 6 decades belong solely to this lineage. I say no poaching, copyright, however, they do not listen and the constant poaching will be qualified. The new book will be released soon, Historical, reclamation of the Baul (Vayu Tula) Copyright, all rights reserved by KD Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul.

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Baul is intrinsically linked to the "soul and soil of Birbhum," recognized as the "greatest imagination of the Divine in all Bengali." Being indigenous to Birbhum, also known as Radha-desh and Rarh-desh (the red soul and red soil), Birbhum's Rarh Kirtan, based on Vaishnava Sahajiya Baul, appeals to the body, mind, and deeply to the soul of the villagers. Baul Kirtan is believed to awaken the soul through Kundalini, leading to a "Baul Darshan" and potentially Shaktipat, overwhelming the mind and directly touching the soul.

Through Baul songs and Kirtan, a "direct connection to our soul (atma tattva)" is made, serving as their darshan to the villagers. Babu Kishan's recurring advice is to "ask your soul" when unsure, to "create a dialogue with your atma (soul)," and to "look within," as "the universe and all Devata reside on the altar of your human heart." He defines life as "a dance with your soul, a trance dance."

Baul darshan aims to awaken the deepest mystic love between the human soul and the highest soul (atma - sat, chit, ananda), embodied by the vigraha Devas residing in the human body temple—for Vaishnava Bauls, this means Radha and Krishna, paralleled with Hanuman carrying Sita and Ram in his atma.

Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was called the "Mirror of the Sky" because, like the phrase "as above, so below," Baul's mirror the divine through song and an "earth based dance" that grounds their shakti (energetic power) into the earth (soil and soul are alive, that is why Nabani Das Khyapa Baul created over 200 akhara’s doing extensive deep powerful practice to bring the soul back into the soil before he gave the land for schools and hospitals, creating balance. The Baul dance is grounding that connects their vital airs (prana shakti) and "waves of bliss" to the earth, all results of Baul Darshan. The author stresses the importance of understanding Baul as (Vayu Tula) as the first step to comprehending this "ancient one and only parampara or ancestral lineage." Ancestry is paramount in Baul; without its ancestors, Baul's roots are non-existent.

Key Baul Figures & Lineage

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Core Baul Concepts & Philosophy

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Geographic & Cultural Context

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Critique & Preservation

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Baul Music

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Related Figures & Movements

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General & Other

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

"Authentic Baul" #AuthenticBaul

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"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

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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.