Brahman is real from the absolute point of view, right? The world is false, an appearance. But when i worship god, if i have a puja and a christna or a christ before me, at what level am I doing it? Transactional, relative or vevaharika level? The two levels are not the same. So worship of god at the vevahariko level does not contradict the absoluteness of brahman.
Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Feb 25th, 2018.