According to Chapter 18, did Sai Baba teach that one must retreat to a forest like Bhamchandra hill to properly study sacred books and find God?

On the contrary, the teachings described in Chapter 18 state the opposite. While the text references the devotion of Tukaram on Bhamchandra hill, it clarifies Sai Baba's own instruction on this matter. The chapter explicitly says, "One does not need to go to the forest; God manifests in the Uddhava Gita." Baba's method was to make these sacred texts accessible within the community. He had Bapusaheb Jog read books like the Nath Bhagawat daily in Sathe's Wada, proving that spiritual attainment and the realization of God could be achieved through faith and devotion without physical seclusion in a forest.