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VAMSI DAS BABAJIBiographyHis Nature and Personal DetailsAlthough his precise date of birth is not known, it is understood that by the early 1940's Vamsi DasBabaji was more than 90 years old.He came from a village in the Mymensingh District of Bengal (now in Bangladesh, north of Dhaka),and after leaving there, spent a long time in both Vrndavan and Navadvipa, returning to Mymensinghlater, where he departed from this world.In the morning he would recite Sanskrit slokas, then all day he was plunged in bhajan, oftenchanting loudly: "Hari, Hari! Gopijanavallabha, Hari! Bhakatavatsala, Hari!" He would continue likethis on and on.Vamsi Das had his kutir in Navadvipa town, where Sarasvati Thakur would sometimes pay him avisit, accompanied by some disciples, whom he warned not to commit any offences, and to just sitsilently, because the tendency might be for them to misunderstand, seeing as Vamsi Das was verymuch an avadhuta. He looked very strange - almost like a mad-man. He would often sing/quote;"nitayer karuna habe, braje radha krsna pabe..."He had no external consciousness and was always eccentric like an avadhuta, plunged in bhajan.Jotisekhara Prabhu (a disciple of Sarasvati Thakura's, who spent some time serving Vamsi Das, andwho also accompanied him on a journey, walking from Navadvip to Puri and back) noted that duringhis three month stay with him he never once saw him pass stool or urine, nor take a bath.Vamsi Das was very difficult to keep up with, because sometimes he moved, sometimes he stopped,sometimes he cooked for the Deity, etc. There was no saying when he would start or stop and itwould be at any time of the day or night, wherever he was.He would eat every three to four days only: His body was completely transcendental.Whatever he ate he cooked himself, and he would never eat anything cooked by anyone else. He was asvapaki. Sometimes he would cook kicchari.After feeding Krsna he would take something himself, then he would call the devotees, "Come here!"and would give the remnants in the pot. They would send this maha-maha-prasada of Vamsi Das tosadhus in Navadvipa and Vrndavan, who were anxious to receive it.(???...) I want Radharani (???) to beg, but he wouldn't go to all the houses. He would go to thehomes of people he knew were pious devotees who had respect for him. He would simply stand

outside and call out, "Gaura Nitai. Gaura Nitai!" and those people would come and give himvegetables, fruits, or different things. Many times people came to his kutir and gave him things to eat,but he would almost always refuse, saying, "No, no. Gaura Nitai, They won't eat this. You take itaway."Sometimes he would go to the market place and find all the bad, thrown out vegetables and takethese.As he was passing on the road, people would see him and realize how he was a mahapurusa, so theywould offer things to him like ghee, flour, sugar, etc. MamaSometimes, seeing that a great sadhu had come to their village, the villagers would arrange a big feastand would beg things from other villagers, but he never cared for all this feasting and the villagerscoming, and would just continue on his journey. Sometimes the devotees would stop in one village tocook for themselves, but he would just go on, without waiting for them.Vamsi Das used a huka many times every day, smoking a very strong variety of tobacco by the nameof (???).Jotisekhara said that the devotees used to supply him with that tobacco, purchasing it from Calcuttaor Navadvipa. Sucking that huka he would call out very loudly, "Bhakata vatsala Hari!" while thehuka went, "glug, glug, glug, glug,.."Rumours that he cooked and ate fish are completely bogus, as Jotisekhara Prabhu, who was with himfor three months, never saw such a thing.One Puri Maharaja remembers how Vamsi Das saw everything in a Krsna conscious way. Forexample, he might hear someone say the word government and he would exclaim, "Oh Govardhana.Govardhana dhari." He would convert everything and relate it to Krsna.One very interesting point is that even though Vamsi Das appeared to talk like a mad-man, nothingapasiddhantic (against the scriptures) would ever be spoken by him. Everything was completely inline with the siddhanta. It should be noted that there are many people who pretend to be advanceddevotees, but those who are actually advanced and absorbed in this spontaneous, loving mood ofdevotion to Krsna, even though not necessarily in viddhi marg, never go outside of the injunctions inthe sastra or the philosophical understandings of the sastra. For one who is a pretender this is notpossible.Vamsi Das would always refer to himself not as the first person, as in "ami" or "ama" - "I" and"mine," but as the third person, as "Vamsi Das." He would not say, "I had to go there" but rather,"Vamsi Das had to go there."In Bengal, on the Holi day (also called Dol Yatra, Gaura Purnima, Phalguna Purnima), there is thetradition of throwing phalgu (a kind of coloured powder) at each other, and Vamsi Das also made itknown that he had no objections to people throwing it on him, so all the people in the town came anddid so, as a kind of worship of him. Vamsi Das just sat in his cottage the whole of that day whilepeople threw powder on him. He wouldn't eat or drink anything, not even water, because he wasfasting for Gaura Purnima. In this way, one after another, thousands upon thousands of people cameto take part and he became totally immersed in powder, like a hill, sitting silently and toleratingeverything.One time he heard a boatman, who was rowing across the Ganges at Navadvipa, singing a song ofNarottama Das'. The meaning of that song is, "The spear has entered my heart. It has neither killedme nor can I survive." There is a very deep meaning to this song, comparing separation from Krsna tobe just like that spear. When Vamsi Das heard that boatman singing this he commented, "You aresinging but don't know what this means. You do not know the import. You are simply enjoyingsinging the song, without any realization, but when we hear this song our hearts are pierced. Youdon't know that. You're just singing, but my heart is breaking."One time he was going to collect some water in his clay pot from the Ganges, but due to theapparent infirmity of old age, he slipped on the bank and fell down. He was then heard saying, "Goon, go ahead. You go and bring water for washing Krsna." It was as if he was seeing that he was going

to collect water from the Yamuna with so many gopis, and he was telling them to go ahead. No onecould see any gopis, but this was his vision.(???)After a few minutes he told Krsna, "Get out. Go out! You already took date-sugar andsweet-rice in Vrndavan. You took something there. Why shall I cook for You here?" Later that day,the devotees would find out that in the Radha Ramana temple, in Vrndavan, they had fed Krsna justas Vamsi Das had described, with date-gur (a sweet prepared from the sap of date trees) and sweetrice.One time some devotees came to visit, bringing some jackfruit from Mayapur with them, but theyhad taken out the seeds, which is a common thing to do, because the seeds are very big and areusually kept for cooking in sabjis. Vamsi Das said jokingly, "Oh, you gave me the jackfruit, but youkept the seeds." He was very humorous like this.An elephant was walking on the main road in Puri one day and everyone was giving paisa to it in itstrunk. Upon seeing it Vamsi Das said, "se sambandha nahi jar britha janma gelo tar, e pasu boroduracara... - The elephant is serving its master but I cannot serve my master." This was in reference toa song written by Narrotama Das Thakur, which is actually written, "se pasu boro duracara... - Such aperson who has no relationship with Nityananda, his life is useless, and he is a great rascal, just likean animal." But when Vamsi Das saw that big animal, that elephant, instead of, "se posu" he said, "eposu... - this animal," referring to himself, in all humility.Near Cuttak is a place where there were many flies, so the devotees tried to scatter them away.Upon seeing this Vamsi Das said, "Don't do that. It is Nanda Maharaja's home. There is so much milkand curd here. Why won't flies come? It is Braja." He saw every place as Braja; anything andeverything reminded him of Vrndavan.As they were walking they saw a train going on a bridge and somehow or other this reminded him ofVrndavan, so he called out, "rasa mandala, rasa mandala! What are you doing rai kisori? (anaffectionate name for Radharani)": Even things totally unrelated to the holy dhama would remind himof Vrndavan.Travelling in IndiaVamsi Das once went by bullock cart from Navadvipa to Vrndavan, and after going around all theBrajamandala area he returned after two years. He would sit on that cart and talk to Mahaprabhu andRadha Krsna.When he came back to Navadvipa he said to Mahaprabhu and Radha Krsna, "I've been to NandaMaharaja's house in Vrndavan, at Nandagram, and I've seen the churning pot." He used to say, "I'veseen Nanda and Yasoda's house at Gokul, but I could not see Nanda and Yasoda. Only the stones Ihave seen." This was his mood of separation - "I went to Vrndavan but I could not find Krsna."At the Mahanadi River, Vamsi Das and some other devotees with him crossed it, but when he sawthe money that they were giving to the boatman Vamsi Das said, "Get out. Get out of the boat. Moneyis like a black snake and brings all kinds of trouble," but soon he forgot about the whole incident.At the holy place of Jajpur, where the River Vaitarani runs, they all stayed overnight. It was a fullmoon, and during the night so many ladies came to offer respects to Vamsi Das. They would comebefore him, bow down, and without saying anything, leave. The following morning the devoteesasked some people where the village was, but they were told there was no village for many miles,only fields. They then told the villagers how they had seen many women coming throughout the nightto pay homage to Vamsi Das, but the bewildered villagers exclaimed, "How is that possible?" Thedevotees could only conclude that those women they had seen that night were all demigoddesses whoappeared there to offer Vamsi Das respects.

Associates, Servants and FollowersSrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and Vamsi Das Babaji had great respect for one another.Vamsi Das would refer to Sarasvati Thakur as Jagannather Bimala, because when he was younger hisname used to be Bimala Prasada, which refers to the son born as the mercy of "Bimala Devi" - theDeity of Durga in the Jagannath temple.Sometimes Sarasvati Thakur would go and visit Vamsi Das, and seeing him coming, Vamsi Das wouldexclaim, "Oh, a manjari has come, so won't Radha come also? She will come. She will come!" He wasreferring to Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati being a manjari.Vamsi Das Babaji had a close circle of servants and followers during his lifetime and was verycareful about whom he would associate with, talking with a select few only.These devotees were with Vamsi Das, on-and-off, for a while, serving him in different ways; bringingsome food, cleaning, helping him when he went outside, etc.Vamsi Das Babaji only allowed very few people to intimately associate with him. One of them wasPurna, one was Ananta Vishvambhara, another was Suren Kundu, who was a cloth merchant and awell-to-do man of Navadvipa town. These were some devotees belonging to his intimate circle.Damodar Tulasi Babaji from Vrndavan used to travel with Vamsi Das from time to time, and anotherfollower of Vamsi Das was one Pitambar Das.It is said that Vamsi Das had two disciples; however, they weren't officially disciples but followers,who used to travel with him. One was called Damodar and the other was called Bihari.They came with him from his home district of Mymensingh and when he went back they also wentwith him. They were both from Mymensingh themselves, with one of them even being from the samevillage as Vamsi Das.Damodar Das and Tulasi Baba were with Vamsi Das for around five years each.The merchant follower of Vamsi Das was very prosperous, but after Vamsi Das left this world he losteverything. That merchant constructed a two-storey building for him, which he stayed in for sometime and then later gave up. This was in Navadvipa town. Now that building has been destroyed bythe changing course of the Ganga.Just as the rainy season was coming, Vamsi Das was asked to leave that house for his own safety andcomfort, but he said, "No, I'd like to stay here; the Ganga is coming." So they constructed, on bamboopoles, a new cottage, so he could stay there during the flood.Jyotisekhara Prabhu stayed with Vamsi Das for around three months, as he went from Navadvipa toPuri and on to Kharagpur. He was sent by members of the Gaudiya Mission, along with two otherdevotees, just to be with Vamsi Das as he went on pilgrimage, because he was such an avadhuta thatfrom the external point of view it might be considered that he needed some help to go here and there,as he was, almost always, hardly conscious of the external world. So Jyotisekhara Prabhu saw manythings and testified how Vamsi Das was a mahapurusa in vatsalya rasa.After three months Jyotisekhara Prabhu was about to leave Vamsi Das, so he asked for his mercy andblessings. Vamsi Das then answered by speaking to Gopal, telling the story of how Narada once askedKrsna for His mercy, and Krsna replied, "Offer flowers and fruits, then I shall be merciful." Naradasaid, "I'm a poor man. Where shall I get fruits and flowers from?" "If you can't get fruits and flowersthen at least pray once to Me," said the Lord. In this way, Vamsi Das indirectly replied to Jyotisekhara.However, Jyotisekhara again asked him what kind of sadhana he should do, to which Vamsi Das said,"Narada once asked Krsna a similar question, so Krsna replied that just as it is impossible to put sandin the ocean to build a road across it, in the same way it is impossible to get the Lord's mercy by justfollowing sadhana, what to speak of by material means. We must get the mercy of the devotees, andthen only is it possible. Then the Lord will be merciful to us and we shall be favoured."Sometimes Vamsi Das, in a mood of anger, would tell Dina Bandhu Das Babaji, who was one of hisassociates, "Put Krsna out. Get Him out from here!" This was at his kutir in Navadvipa. Of course, noone but Vamsi Das could even see Krsna.

After the passing away of Sarasvati Thakur, Ananta Vishvambhara Das (a disciple of SarasvatiThakur) managed to approach Vamsi Das. This is an interesting story because Vamsi Das wasgenerally very cautious about having anything to do with anyone, but he gradually allowed AnantaVishvambhara into his small circle.Ananta describes how he, along with one wealthy man, gradually approached Vamsi Das. They wereboth anxious to get the remnants of Vamsi Das' prasadam, so they would crouch down and hidebehind one flower bush, just outside his kutir. Then, after taking his meal, Vamsi Das would comeoutside and wash his mouth out with water. When he went away the two of them would then searchthe area to see where the tiny pieces of maha-maha-prasadam were, and in this way take his remnants.If they couldn't find anything they would just see where the grass was wet from the water out of hismouth and suck that grass with great satisfaction.In this way, gradually, Ananta Vishvambhara Das approached Vamsi Das Babaji.They would do this so that he wouldn't see them, after he went back into the kutir. Then they wouldtake his remnants in this way. They continued this practice for some period of time before Vamsi Dasgradually noticed and slowly they were allowed into his company.Sometimes during the dry season, Vamsi Das would ask Ananta Vishvambhara to bring theChaitanya Charitamrta to read to him in a solitary place on the bank of the Ganges, where there was agreat open field next to the area which floods during the rainy season. No one would build a house oranything there, so it remained an open field for eight months of the year.Vamsi Das especially liked to hear of Ramananda Roy speaking with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, andlistening to this, tears would flow profusely from his eyes.Vamsi Das was singing a song once about how love for Krsna sometimes burns like fire, yet issometimes cold like ice. But while singing it he would change it into his Mymansingh dialect from theoriginal Bengali. Ananta Vishvambhara, who was cooking at this time, heard this, and in a correctiveway, sang it with the original Bengali pronunciation. Vamsi Das became very angry and picked up astick from the fire in which Ananta Vishvambhara was cooking and went as if to hit him with it.Many people would come and visit Vamsi Das, bringing a large quantity of vegetables along withthem. Vamsi Das himself would only use a few of these vegetables, and the excess was given to a blackcow, which would come regularly to feed on them.At one time, in Mayapur, there was one papaya growing on a tree and Ananta Vishvambhara noticedwhat a beautiful papaya it was. He watched it gradually grow ripe, until it was just perfect. He then,very carefully, went up that tree using a ladder and brought that papaya down. Then after placing it ina bag, he brought it to Vamsi Das in Navadvipa. Vamsi Das put it along with so many other vegetablesand fruits that other people had brought. Shortly afterwards, that black cow came and started toeat all the fruit and vegetables. Just as it was about to eat the papaya Vamsi Das snatched it away,because he knew that Ananta Vishvambhara had put so much love and devotion into bringing it thathe didn't want it to be eaten by the cow.For some time Vamsi Das was living in a three-storey house, just next to the bank of the Ganges,where the flood area ends. He only used the ground floor of this house because he was too old to usethe upper floors. One day in the rainy season, he told Purna (his servant), "In the morning there willbe a great flood, so move everything out of here." Purna moved everything, as he had been told, into ahouse away from the flood area, and the next morning, as Vamsi Das had predicted, the Ganges cameover her banks and flooded that whole area, including that house. But as everything had been takenout, including the Deities, they were saved from all difficulty.So many people were coming to take bath in the Ganges, and Vamsi Das' ashrama was just by theside of the Ganges, so they would also come and take darshan of him and give pranamis. There wasone devotee called Ananta Deva who was in charge of collecting that pranami.One man gave 25 paisa, which was quite a lot of money in those days, and as is the common system,he wanted some change. He didn't want to give it all, so he asked for some change. Vamsi Das wasstanding there at that time and became very angry saying, "Hari, Hari! This is stealing. If you give

something to Mahaprabhu you can't take anything back." Then he told Ananta Deva not to give himany change.(???...) that money to hold a big festival the next day and feed so many people prasada, but at the endof the day all the money was stolen (???). Ananta Deva was lamenting that the money had been taken,but Vamsi Das said, "Why are you lamenting? Mahaprabhu has given it to somebody." Then hecontinued, "When you shave, your hair goes away; but after some time it comes back again. In thesame way, some money is gone, and after some time more will come back again. (???) The money(???).A girl, about seven or eight years old, would daily bring a pot of Ganges water for Vamsi Das. Onetime she brought it when there was a severe storm going on, so Vamsi Das told her not to go outagain, but she did not listen and opened the door to leave. Vamsi Das immediately jumped up, andjust as she was about to stand on the door-step he pulled her back inside the cottage. The next seconda thunderbolt hit that very spot where she was about to step.Once there was a man suffering from colic. He had such a severe pain in his stomach that he cameoutside the kutir of Vamsi Das and lay there, expressing how he would rather die than live, as thepain was so severe. He was expecting that Vamsi Das, being a sadhu, would heal him. After three orfour days like this Vamsi Das came and put a tulasi leaf on that man's tongue, curing himimmediately. He then got up and went home, being well once more. That man didn't take food ordrink the whole time he was outside Vamsi Das' kutir.Naturally, not all kinds of people could go to Vamsi Das and stay patiently; only those who weredevotees could appreciate him.Many people used to come to him, bringing bananas along with them. Vamsi Das would ask hissevaka to tie them bananas up, in the usual system, to the rafters of the roof (inside roof), where theycould hang and ripen. However, many rats used to come daily, digging a hole in the earth next to thehut, making a big pile of soil in their endeavours to come and eat those bananas, but Vamsi Das neverharmed them.Sometimes, when Vamsi Das would see a rat, he would point at it and say, "aichor aryaichor" or"saichor," meaning "this is a thief," and then point at Krsna and say, "He is also a thief."His DeitiesVamsi Das Babaji had many Deities. These included Radha Krsna, some big Gaura Nitai Deities, andLaddu Gopal.However, Vamsi Das never had any formal system of worship nor even any proper routine. There wasno sringasan or any proper arrangement. He would simply offer flowers at mid-day each day that hecollected nearby, and also cook and offer only fried chick-peas.Vamsi Das' mode of worship was simply to see the Deities, live with Them, and talk with Them, in amost intimate and informal manner. He never changed Their dress, put Them to sleep, woke Themup, or anything like this. In winter, his Radha Krsna Deities would have just a small cloth to coverThem, and even that was torn and dirty.His formal worship consisted of reciting a few Sanskrit stutis in the morning, and that was all.The worship of Vamsi Das Babaji was completely transcendental, being above all the rules andregulations; a form of worship not to be imitated or criticised by the neophyte.Generally, Vamsi Das didn't even know whether it was morning, afternoon, evening or night, as hewas plunged in bhava; so how is it possible for anyone to understand the mind of such a great souland his relationship with the Deity?One time, a brahmacari from the Gaudiya Math, who was a little bit mentally imbalanced, took theGaura Nitai Deities from Vamsi Das Babaji's kutir in Navadvipa and brought Them to Mayapur.

When Sarasvati Thakur found out he exclaimed, "sarva nash! -Everything will be finished if you donot return the Deities immediately!" Upon hearing this that brahmacari took Them back straightaway.That brahmacari thought the Deities were not being worshipped properly, and thus felt justified intaking Them. He didn't understand that Vamsi Das' worship was "bhava maya," or spontaneous andnot according to the rules and regulations.The strict standard for Deity worship made Vamsi Das' worship appear offensive, but actually his wason the highest platform of devotion.Sometimes Vamsi Das would sit for hours talking to Gaura Nitai in his Mymensingh dialect, whichwas almost impossible for the people of Navadvipa and other places to comprehend.Occasionally, when Vamsi Das was cooking, Gauranga would complain to him; "I'm so hungry. FeedMe quickly." to which he would reply, "Just wait, I'm still cooking." But if Gauranga was persistent hewould tell Him, "You get outside. Go outside!"While returning to his ashrama one evening, and still at some distance away, Vamsi Das said,"Gaura Nitai, They are feeling hungry," so he got Them some green begun (unripe eggplant).When he reached his ashrama he cut that begun, put it inside a coconut husk with some water and atulasi leaf, and offered it to Gaura Nitai, while he sang, in his Mymensingh dialect, an arati song. Allthrough this his voice quivered and his eyes were full of tears due to ecstasy. After the offering he atethat prasadam with great relish at the base of a tree.One time Vamsi Das asked his servant, Ananta Vishvambhara Das, "Did you hear what Gaurangawas saying?" to which Ananta replied, "I could see that you were talking to Him, but I could not hearwhat He was saying to you." So Vamsi Das answered, "He has told Vamsi Das, `You don't go outsidefor begging for three days. Now you have become too old, so I will feed you.'" Vamsi Das continued,"This Gauranga, He wants to serve me." Then he went and fetched a stick and started threateningGauranga, "You don't go outside for serving me! If You go outside I'll break Your leg!"(???...) sometimes abusing Gauranga in the ecstasy of advanced Krsna consciousness. (???...) thatGauranga was thinking about him. That he is serving Him for some food. So he was very upset withGauranga because he thought He was thinking this about him.(???...) and given a gold chain, and Vamsi Das kept it for his Gaura Nitai Deities. One day, whileVamsi Das was out begging, that chain was stolen. On returning and seeing the chain missing, VamsiDas asked Gaura Nitai, "Who have You given that chain to? Go to his house and bring it back." Thenext morning he went out begging again and when he arrived home that evening he saw that thechain was still missing, so he went directly to the house of the thief himself. Many people alsofollowed him, as he was well known in Navadvipa and they all came to know that the chain had beentaken.The man whose house Vamsi Das went to denied he had stolen it. The people then became very angrysaying, "Why has he come here. Why has Vamsi Das come here? There are so many houses inNavadvipa town, so why has he come here?" They all concluded that he must be guilty, but still thatman denied it. Finally the crowd threatened him; "Either you return that chain or we'll break yourwhole house." Upon hearing this that man immediately returned the chain.Vamsi Das always carried his Laddu Gopal Deity in his right hand. Apart from this Laddu Gopal,some other Deities and some kopins (footnote: loincloth, or simple cloth underwear commonly usedin India, especially by sadhus), that was all he possessed.In Puri he would call the waves, "Come here. Come here. My Gopal will bathe!" He would then batheLaddu Gopal in the sea.In Kharagpur one evening, Jyotisekhara Prabhu heard Vamsi Das saying to Gopal, "Gopal, I shallshow You some thieves. There are so many thieves here." Then he went to the big railway junction atKharagpur, where he showed Gopal some men stealing kerosene and oil from one goods train. VamsiDas pointed out to Gopal; "Just see Gopal how they're taking kerosene tins from the train. Now I'llshow You some more thieves," and then they left.

Usually in Navadvipa town he stayed on the road-side (Question: Not in a kutir)? He came to Purion foot sometimes, rather than taking the train, staying under trees on the way.On Janmastami he was in Baleshvar, a town in North Orissa. At midnight he said to Gopal, "Last yearI gave You some palm-fruit: This year I shall give You some mango. Gopal, don't be impatient, mangois coming to You." Within ten minutes a brahmana teacher called Jogendra Mukherjee arrived,explaining how he had just dreamt that a sadhu wanted a mango, so he went to the market andbought one. That brahmana was then told, "Yes, yes, you come. He said he wanted a mango."Vamsi Das was always plunged in bhava and never spoke with anyone except his Deities and a fewintimate devotees. With others he would not speak to them directly, even if they spoke to him, butwould reply to them by talking to his Deities.One of the devotees whom Vamsi Das would speak to was his servant, but only occasionally would hetalk to him. He would often abuse this servant, calling him "haram jada," which means "a big pig."Another person whom Vamsi Das would speak to was one merchant who helped construct atwo-storey building in Navadvipa for him to reside in.Vamsi Das knew what the motive was or what the mood was of everyone who came to see him. If heliked a person who had come and asked a question, he would answer through the murtis and notdirectly to that persons face.Once, one Santa Maharaja came, carrying his tridanda. Vamsi Das enquired, "Who is this cominghere? Who is this fellow carrying a danda? Danda must be carried by my Gauranga Mahaprabhu, bymy Prabhu Gauranga." This was of course said by him to his Deities. This incident occurred around1942-1943, after the disappearance of Sarasvati Thakur.Sometimes devotees would go to Vamsi Das with a question, but they might not express it to himdirectly: They wouldn't say it out loud. However, Vamsi Das would speak to Krsna and answer thatunspoken question. This would not always be the case. Someone might go to him and be totallyignored, but at other times Vamsi Das might have taken notice of that person and answer anyquestions through the Deities. Thus he was unpredictable, but whenever he did answer in this waypeople were convinced._______________________Vedyah E-pressSite:http://yogaculture.com.br/___________________________________VAMSIDAS BABAJI - Excerpts from OBL Kapoor’s “The Saints of Bengal” (Srila Prabhupada'sGodbros')(Excerpts from OBL Kapoor’s “The Saints of Bengal”)Vamsi das Babaji: "You must weep for Krishna!" by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh TirthaMaharaj http://www.gokul.org/weep/weep.html