absence of fullness

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> > > The following is a quote from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.

> > >

> > > "In the angle there is always the defect in the shape of absence of

> > > fullness, the evenness of level, of 180 degrees less than 360 degrees.

> > > But in the plain surface, in 360 degrees, there is no such defect.

> > > Ordinary foolish people fail to grasp this simple truth: that in the

> > > emancipated state no defect is possible."

>

 

> But if you are on the plain surface with no walls, no angles,

 

Two terms that tend to throw the intelligence in deciphering this are: 1.

"in the shape of." This phrase could be eliminated to make the meaning

clearer, i.e. "In the angle there is the defect of absence of fullness."

Thus, an angle is not full and so is defective.

 

2. Note that "plain" means ordinary and is, again, easy to misinterpret with

all the geometry going on. It isn't the geometric "plane."

 

My guess is that this may be a transcription or notes taken from a speech,

or that it is a translation. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura seems

to be merely reiterating the principle that an angle is incomplete, is less

than full, by "speaking around" the concept. Somehow the written word above

doesn't convey that as clearly as the spoken word may have. And if it wasn't

a transcription, notes, or a translation, then I'm bamboozled.

 

(Were his lectures ever transcribed?)

 

Hare Krsna,

ys, brajajana dasa