[Advaita-l] The 'Snake-and-ladder' game - The Spiritual path

[Kalyan]

//You conveniently skipped the other points I mentioned that in the buffalo
example in the  Panchadashi which are essential.to set the context.    The
Advaita  Guru is helping the disciple *overcome his obsession with the form
of the buffalo*. // // If you insist that without any Guru or shAstra, we can just imagine
whatever form we wish to and worship in whatever way our mind  wishes and
we call it bhakti or Advaita , thats ridiculous.//
I will answer both these in one shot. Here is what Sringeri AchArya said -https://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=3973
(When some foreigners approached my guru's guru, Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati, seeking conversion to Hinduism, he advised them to "become better Christians, that is the essence of Hinduism. If you cannot find solace in your religion, you will never be able to find it in any other religion.")
Therefore, this shows the Sringeri AchAya had no problem in treating Christ (and other religious gods) as a valid form of Ishwara.