Transcribed by Fredrick Prabhu(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Melbourne, 03/2010)
The living being comes into the material world, and in the material world, everyone is in a state of forgetfulness.
Every single person is influenced by some degree of ignorance. Those who are in the mode of ignorance, in tama-guna, they are grossly affected by ignorance. Those who are in raja-guna, a little less effected by ignorance. And those who are in sattva-guna, still a little less affected by ignorance.
But even those in sattva-guna, they are covered by ignorance.
It is said, just like a sleeping person going through terrible dreams, and one is chased, chased in the dream, and running and running.... and we wake up, and we're still looking around and still want to run! It's like:
"It was only a dream!"
"Yeah, I know but..!"
"Calm down!"
So currently, we have come to Krsna consciousness, we have woken up from the material dream, and yet still responding to it!
