Hridmajhare rakhbo, Poetry by Baul Saint Nabani Das Khyappa Baul, Babukishan's grandfather..

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Indigenous Fraud, Indigenous Identity theft!

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Purna Das Baul was the first to record this in his father's tune, Babu Kishan was the second to record his Grandfather Guru's song but in his tune.

 

Now there are literally hundreds of people all over India singing this song without any idea where the song originates. This song has been probably one of the most re-recorded Baul songs, without the re-recording pretendian fake Baul ever giving credit.

 

Probably, because they didn't know where it came from other than Purna Das Baul singing it on the radio and back in those days, when pretendian Baul was a newer thing in the past generation of the flow of refugees from the war between East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and India in 1971 where Calcutta was overtaken by millions of refugee's. This is where the 'fake it til you make it' Bauls originated from, they heard the songs on the radio and decided perhaps they too could be the famed singer Purna Das Baul. This was common.

 

Today it is a different story, this lineage is now extinct and their in a different view of and that is one of appropriation and faking Baul for financial benefit or social media fame.

 

Today, this is indigneous fraud, as the world changes and their are indigenous rights and since this earlier time the indigenous people of Baul who did all the work pioneering Baul have been educated in what is indigenous fraud and indigenous identity theft it is no longer acceptable and since the United Nations has recognized that indigenous people have the right of self-determination.

 

it is no longer Ok to copy, and steal the intellectual property of an indigenous Hindu sect, namely The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tnatric Bauls of Birbhum W Bengal India.

 

It is 2025 we know better and there as specific bodies who are calling this out. I have heard there is another person claiming this song who never read or wrote, we have proof this song is Nabani Das Khyapa Bauls song, stop your lying, this is a song from this lineage only. It was recorded first before any fake Bauls ever heard it and that is the only way that anybody ever heard of it.

 

This Baul Kirtan song has been appropriated by many outsiders too, without ever giving credit to the poet, many of the kirtans because Vaishnava Baul is the root of Kirtan in Bengal have been appropriated by the orthodox Vaishnava reformers and the New Age Vaishnava who went to the West.

 

The orthodox Vaishnava hate the Bauls, and call the Bauls names. but freely copy everything of the Vaishnava Baul including their ancestor Nityananda 'Nitai' (Gosia Chand) a Baul Avadhuta who taught Sri Chanitanya the Baul indigenous method of enertering the Hare Krishna Mahamantra as a wake up to announce to the villagers, we are here, we are here to teach and sing and dance.

 

Many of the Baul indigenous kirtans were taught to Sri Chaitanaya who was a Baul and not a Sahajiya Vaishnava he never used these techniques or tantra, because he was only a Vaishnava Intellectual who learned these techniques from his older Guru Sri Nityananda from Ekachakra Birbhum W Bengal India.

 

The whole story has been changed and appropriated by the more orthodox who have even today cut the Bauls out of the story. This is about the reclamation of the indigenous ancestral Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum.

 

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This Lineage the only Lineage of Baul is the Path of Radha.

This is a Nabani Das Khyappa Baul song, singing by his Grandson Babu Kishan in a combination of styles of his father Purna Das Baul and Grandfather Nabani Das Baul. Purna Das Baul first recorded this in the 1960's Hindustan Records. 

It has already been recorded and preserved by this family of Baul long ago.

Hrid Majahare Rakhbo poetry by Baul Saint Avadhuta Sri Nabani Das Khyapa Baul 

Hridmajahare Rakhbo poetry of 

Nabani Das Khyapa Baul

 

Purna Das Baul was the first to record this in his father's tune, Babu Kishan was the second to record his Grandfather Guru's song but in his tune. Now there are literally hundreds of people all over India singing this song without any idea where the song originates. 

This Lineage the only Lineage of Baul is the Path of Radha.

This is a Nabani Das Khyappa Baul song, singing by his Grandson Babu Kishan in a combination of styles of his father Purna Das Baul and Grandfather Nabani Das Baul.

What Nabani Das is saying,

The song is of the silent love which is the deepest intimacy of love expression, that takes place silently between beloved Krishna, and Radha.  This profound deep love flows back and forth between Radha and Krishna. They do not want to lose eye contact.

I will keep you in my heart always and never let you go, because if the golden person of my life krishna goes I will never, ever get this person again, there is only one, there is no other for me, Krishna is my other half.

Krishna is invisible, love is invisible, everyday you have to say I love you, I love you, I love you is the mantra. 

Love is like that out of site out of mind, you must constantly remember your beloved.

Radha always keeps in her heart, the place of Braja.

 This is where the pastime of Krishna and Radha take place..the memories of her play with her love Krishna.

When Krishna, and Radha are out of sight of each other, there is a strong feeling of speration, of deep loss, so they never want to be out of sight ...they want to gaze into each others eyes every moment

They are they are constantly pulling each other, constantly focused on each other. Eye to Eye, Heart to Heart,  Mind to Mind, always remembering their deep Love.

Nabani is saying, "I want to go to Braja and take the dust of Braja, spread all over my body, let it seep into my sould, I want to keep them in my heart on my body forever and never to forget.. so I can feel Radha and Krishna, and their intimacy lila. I want to become Radha/Krishna in every pour of my being.

I want to be mad in the name of Radha..

Vaishanava Baul brings the male and female into one body. Radha, and Krishna live in their hearts, they view Radha as superior because she has the power to pull Krishna. You will not a Baul never shaves their heads, the reason for this is Krishna has hair, and remember half of them is feminine so they like to wear ear rings also.. They want to emulate Radha too. This is their Lila.

I only want to be in a deep bhava crazy for Radha God intoxicated for Radha, mad in Radha's name in oneness with Radha..and Krishna

When Kirhsna smiles all the birds fly, deers play, flowers sing, everything becomes alive in Beauty, Colors become brighter.. It is Radha who makes Krishna smile.

Krishna was ugly so black, but his smile made him beautiful, Radha made Krishna smile, she made him beautiful, all the gopis became alive, everybody woke up, everything was God intoxicated, alive, happy, vivid, bright, awake, ecstatic. This is exactly how a Baul should make you feel. A Baul activates Shakti. Baul is the path of Radha.

When Radha and Krishna have eye contact, "which they do not do in Indian culture with anybody, you only have eye contact with your beloved, only your beloved can look into your soul." 

They would feel I want to be in eye contact, and I will gaze and go inside feel love..soul mate love. The love is in the eyes, the gaze of deep soul love.

How many millions of years I have been traveling one life, to one, to just get this human body so I can feel Radha and Krishna in my soul,  if I sing beautiful Krishna, the king of the flute will be kind to me, and come to me  and then I will never let go Radha says Krishna is Peace Krishna say Radha is peace, they are soul mates.

Ok quickly Babu just translated, he feel we will not understand the deepness of this song.. there are not word to translate this old Bengali, It take days of talks to understand.

Babu Kishan thinks western culture will not understand the depth..I will try to get more later and try to do a better interpretation, but it is really hard.. because these songs are just seeds of higher philosophy.

Babu Kishan recorded this song in Woodstock New York at the Bearsville Studio of  Albert B Grossman's studio where Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, recorded, his father recorded here back in 67 during Woodstock.

 Babu recorded in 2004 with Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Al Aronowitz, Patty Smith, and Robert Thurman, Dave Mathews present they danced, and danced while Babu was recording.

 Thanks to his long time friend Sally Grossman,  Dave Mathews, said he had never heard anything like it, Babu did not have a clue who Dave Mathew was? Babu said it was lots of fun to make them dance, as they all really enjoyed.

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No poaching, taking names off, no making Baul random, Bauls always knew who the poets are to say they don't care is cultural appropriation and adharma. Baul has been preserved by Babu Kishan since the 1960's, if anybody asks for donations to preserve Baul they are a cheat, if they say they are from a different lineage, they are lying. If they sing the songs of this lineage and write other poets name off or do not tell who the poet is they are adharmic and trying to collect people to be a Baba or Maa. #fakefame

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No copying or poaching, I know it sounds strange, however, this too has been poached? This is the original view Babu Kishan had since the 1970's, now his view has changed. Baul is now extinct and there are so many fake Bauls trying to appropriate Baul and it has become watered down and reduced by false teachings. There is no other lineage of Baul, lineage has been appropriated too, their songs, dress and style have all been appropriated. Our goal now is to stop the twisting of Baul and intellectual property theft.

To Preserve the Legacy of Indian Viashnava Sahajiya Tantric Baul from Birbhum W Bengal and the One and Only Lineage of Vaishnava Tantric Baul. An oral Sanskrit tradition with the roots in Ekachakra Birbhum W Bengal. With their roots in Chand Gosia Das Baul and Dasi

This foundation was created and registered in Mumbai, India in 2007 and has been inactive. Time is precious and it is of the upmost important, Indian Music in its pristine form is disappearing, Folk, Classical, Spiritual, Indian Cinema and Baul has been culturally appropriated by outsiders who are making up lineages.

A major focus for Babu Kishan is on preserving Folk Music and the Yogic Baul minstrel Musical Tradition of Baul  and Baul sadhana clearing up the misconceptions about what Baul is?  It is important to preserve Baul and Baul song and dance accurately because it has been hijacked by Cultural Appropriation and Academics who are changing the narrative. The names of the poets are of the utmost importance. The names and new Baul poetry of today by fake Bauls is not Baul. You can not self-title yourself a Baul or a Baul by a fake Guru.

Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul is the only person to preserve Baul since the 1960's through today.

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Educating and keeping Traditional India Music alive in this world of technology and dynamic change.

Babu is a pioneer on bringing his one and only Lineage to the World, he has created a template for others to follow. He did all the leg work and many have ridden on his coat tails. He has always encouraged but in the past 30 years he has seen the absolute destruction and made up stories that have come out he thinks he has to get a handle on his lineage before all is destroyed because Baul is extinct and it is completely watered down, reduced and dumbed down. All we can now is preserve what are his ancestral teachings. The Essence of Baul is gone, today all that is left is fake 'Nakal' Baul, tourist Bauls, actors and Baul singers.

Baul is Extinct.
This one and only Lineage of Tantric Vaishnava Baul does not follow anyone, everybody follows them.

No one in this world would know about Baul without all the leg work Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has done.

Many have followed him and copied him in his path trying to be him, running around to Universities and trying to get in touch with his friends and musicians and colleages, the places he has traveled, everybody follows Babu wanting into Bollywood ect..

The patchwork Guduri he designed for his father is worn today by many Bauls.
The Baul women's dress he designed for the Film Tagore about his aunt Radharani Dasi is worn today by a new Baul singer. 

There are no Bangladeshi Bauls that is just a fabrication to fundraise.

Baul is extinct all we can do is preserve and all is with Babu not with these new made up lineage.

Without all the work he has done in the 1970's 1980's, 1990's and onward, no one in this world would know what or who Baul is. If not for Babu Kishan's effort and hard work keeping the flame of Baul alive, the flame that his ancestors going back thousands of years to the modern day and the flame of his Grandfather and Father have kept alive.

Babu has organized, managed and created a framework for all to follow in. He has observed that most have taken and made up stories and lineages but have never given credit or mentioned his name? Now it is time for Babu Kishan to preserve and tell his story full and final.

Please help support an authentic 'Baul Guru' from an authentic lineage.  


The Ektara Foundation

​registered 2007 in Mumbai India

Please be careful who you donate too, not all are legitimate Bauls or honest.

Please contact Babu Kishan and have a conversation in how you can help.
He has been a cultural representative India and Indian Music around the World for 40 years
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Ektara is also known as:
Gopi Yantra aka Gopi Chand

           Gopi Yantra

A Baul Yantra it is called the Gopi Yantra or Gopi Chand more commonly known as an Ektara the one stringed instrument that symbolised peace and unity to the Baul.

The Gopi Yantra is the Bauls tool of focus, it is alive awake and spirit is infused in their Yantra. The Gopis were the lovers of Krishna, when Krishna would play his flute they would go mad with divine love and come running to Krishna they would drop everything and run to him. Baul Gopi Yantra can make one mad with divine desire of love and yearning it is a trance instrument, when Babu starts to play all the world disappears and days go by without my mind I forget what I am supposed to do, it takes one out of this world. The difference between classic tantra and Baul tantra is that the tools and techniques are different not all but some.

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I am making distinctions because the word 'lineage' is thrown around so much these days. I have heard people one generations into Baul call themselves a Baul  Lineage, when in actual fact they are new born babies, who sing folk songs or a few Baul songs from this lineage? "they say my lineage", so we all can call ourselves lineage holders. I don't think that is how it works, and in actual fact, lineage is always based on ancestry. Baul is based on indigenous ancestry or many hundreds to thousands of years of practice. It is not a simple path, although it looks simple, just as the an accomplished Kung Fu Master makes it look easy. This easiness is called Sahaja and it comes from generations after generations of indigenous Baul ancestors. Baul is never base on one poet or a few generations, you can not or should not self-title yourself a Baul, you should not act or pretend to be an indigenous Baul, use their songs, copy there dress, and follow them all over the world pretending you are a Baul. There are actually laws in this now that prevent indigenous theft of their intellectual property. 

Pretending to be something you are not waters down the lineage, the reductionism is astounding and now while fake pretendian Baul have now decided they are fundraising to preserve Baul, when Baul has already been preserved over 60 years by Babu Kishan aka Krishendu Das Baul who is an indigenous ancestral Baul.

The new fake pretenbdian Baul actors do not know what they are talking about, they make up fake Baul Guru's and Fake Baul lineages duping people and telling them to come and join us, when Baul does not collect people. These fake Bauls leave out the information, water down the tradition? This is the way with all indigenous wisdom, if nobody says anything, then it is a free for all, as we can see in the Yoga industry, the same is happening to indigenous Baul and has been happening with great intensity since the 1970's when this lineage pioneered Baul throughout Bengal, all over India and globally. Whatever, this lineage did, these pretendian Baul copied and followed, including their dress, songs, dance, instruments, names (Das Baul and Dasi) and followed them around the world, even contacting their own connections and contacts.

Bauls are freedom lovers, but the kind of freedom that is drawing people to the Baul mela's these days is not the kind of freedom Baul was intended for.  

However, in the true sense of a lineage I am talking, "thousands of years, before Christianity, before Buddhism, before Islam. Baul was around long before as they follow the path of Dattatreya, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma and Shakti Sadhana. This one and only lineage of Baul is (Vayu Tula) the path of Krishna'Kali and every Indian philosophy, Upanishads, Tantra, Oral Sanskrit including manuscripts, it is the path of Upanishads, Puranas, and Itihas the Historical epics, Ramayan, and Mahabharat.

Bauls are not illiterate, they are Sahajiya meaning indigenous natural and spontaneous, indigenous mystics called Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum, West Bengal, India

They speak oral Sanskrit, Sandhya Bhasha, Braja Bhasha, and vernacular Birbhum Bengali dialect.

The Bauls of the old days are extinct. All we can do is return Baul to the indigenous Baul and stop all the using and abusing of Baul usually for financial jackpots by outsiders who are faking Baul.  

Lineage Baul is very rare. Nabani Das Khyapa Baul is the last authentic Baul to live on earth, he passed in 1969.

We are the bird people---we do not know how to walk, we like to fly." Babukishan

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