Swami Vivekananda with disciples in Kolkata

At Gopal Lal Seal’s Garden House. Standing (left to right): Shantiram Babu, Mr. Turnbull, Swami Prakashananda, unidentified person, Swami Vivekananda, Captain Sevier, Swami Shivananda, unidentified person. Sitting (left to right): Alasinga Perumal, Swami Ramakrishnananda, Swami Premananda, Mrs. Sevier, Swami Adbhutananda, Swami Turiyananda, G. G. Narasimhachariar. Floor (left to right): unidentified person, Mr. Harrison of Colombo.9 The announcement that The Bengalee made “sometime ago in these columns” about photos of Swamiji referred to a short notice which was published in 1902: “THE LATE SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S PORTRAIT—The Art Workers’ League have executed very good cabinet-size photos of a group consisting of Late Swami Vivekananda with his colleagues and European disciples. The photos are to be had of the Manager of the League at No. 56-1, Sukea’s Street.” 10 In From Holy Wanderings to the Service of God in Man, Swami Akhandananda said: “Afterwards, at Gopal Lal Seal’s garden house in Cossipore, Swamiji had a group photograph taken with Mother Sevier, some of his gurubhais on two sides of her and some devotees such as Alasinga and G. G. seated on chairs, and himself standing behind Mother Sevier. In that photo Dr. Turnbull can be seen standing.” 11 From Swami Akhandananda’s remark it is clear that Swamiji had the photographer from The Art Workers’ League come to Gopal Lal Seal’s garden house to take the photo. ❊ ❊ ❊ Take away the form and shape, and you and I are all one. But we have to guard against the word, “I.” Generally people say, “If I am the Brahman, why cannot I do this and that? ” But this is using the word in a different sense. As soon as you think you are bound, no more you are Brahman, the Self, who wants nothing, whose light is inside. All His pleasures and bliss are inside; perfectly satisfied with Himself, He wants nothing, expects nothing, perfectly fearless, perfectly free. That is Brahman. In That we are all one. (CW [1973] 3:347-8)