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A photograph of an outdoor teaching circle on a rocky hillside under pine trees, with a large crowd of seated participants. In the centre, a woman with dark hair wears an orange-peach robe and sits cross-legged on a purple cloth in front of a small rolled bolster. Beside her, a woman with short hair wraps a brown patterned shawl over a dark outfit and sits on a rock. Many people wear red, white, teal and dark jackets; a bearded man in orange and red stands at the far left, and a person in white and orange stands at the upper right. Some participants sit on wooden benches and boulders; others write in notebooks. The scene is a sit-down satsang or teaching session with a seated speaker and attentive listeners. Some participants are partially visible at the edges.

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