In Chapter 19, Sai Baba uses the analogy of a mother tortoise to illustrate the nature of devotion and the Guru's grace. He describes how the mother tortoise can be on one bank of a river while her young are on the other. She nourishes them not with milk or warmth, but solely with her gaze, which he calls 'tortoise-vision' or Kurma-drishti. The young ones simply meditate on their mother, and her loving gaze is all the nourishment they need. This powerful metaphor teaches that a devotee's focused meditation on the Guru is sufficient for their spiritual nourishment and progress, just as the mother tortoise's sight sustains her offspring without any physical contact.
Can you explain the 'tortoise-vision' (Kurma-drishti) analogy that Baba used and what it teaches about devotion?
📖 Chapter 19