Dear Avira,
Okay, I will try to entertain. The gemara clearly reads as the petitioner addressing the interred. Nothing else is mentioned. It’s a spot on quote. Maybe it’s irrelevant to the argument. But I was only responding to the broad claim that there is no such Chazal.
I found your first post, and read your follow up to mine. I don’t see it. What does it mean to ask forgiveness by a grave for something that occurred in the upper realms? How is that not a direct prayer? The way you explain it, what did he do wrong to Reb Chiya (From memory.) by looking at his throne?
And to be blunt, you have never clarified to me why Chabad should be singled out. Every group has some that confuse their leader with The Divine. (As they should.) That is my take on this topic which seems to trouble you endlessly.
I explained myself well. It’s none of my business because I don’t share my innermost thoughts and prayers online. Nor I do I go to any cemeteries or graves. Your turn.