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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
described above are all in relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although in all circumstances there exist both the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entities, the difference is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead always exists in the  ānandamaya  stage, whereas the subordinate living entities, because of their minute position as fragmental portions of the Supreme Lord, are prone to fall to the other stages of life. Although in all the stages both the Supreme Lord and the living entities exist, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always transcendental to our concept of life, whether we are in bondage or in liberation. The whole cosmic manifestation becomes possible by the grace of the Supreme Lord, it exists by the grace of the Supreme Lord, and when it is annihilated, it merges into the existence of the Supreme Lord. As such, the Supreme Lord is the supreme existence, the cause of all causes. Therefore the conclusion is that without development of Krṣṇa consciousness, one's life is simply a waste of time.
Those who are very materialistic and cannot understand the situation of the spiritual world cannot understand the abode of Krṣṇa. For such persons, great sages have recommended the yogic process whereby one gradually rises from meditation on the adbomen, which is called  mūlādhāra  or  maṇipūraka  meditation.  Mūlādhāra  and  maṇipūraka  are technical terms which refer to the intestines within the adbomen. Grossly materialistic persons think that economic development is of foremost importance because they are under the impression that a living entity exists only by eating. Such grossly materialistic persons forget that although we may eat as much as we like, if the food is not digested it produces the troubles of indigestion and acidity. Therefore, in itself, eating is not the cause of the vital energy of life. For digestion of eatables we have to take shelter of another, superior energy, which is mentioned in the  Bhagavad-gītā  as  vaiśvānara . Lord Krṣṇa says in the  Bhagavad-gītā  that He helps the digestion in the form of  vaiśvānara . The Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-pervasive; therefore, His presence as  vaiśvānara  is not extraordinary.
Krṣṇa is actually present everywhere. The Vaiṣṇava, therefore, marks his body with temples of Viṣṇu: he first marks a  tilaka  temple on the adbomen, then on the chest, then between the collarbones, then on the forehead, and gradually he marks the top of the head, the  brahma-randhra . The thirteen temples of  tilaka  marked on the body of a Vaiṣṇava are known as follows: On the forehead is the temple of Lord Keśava, on the belly is the temple of Lord Nārāyaṇa, on the chest is the temple of Lord Mādhava, and on the throat, between the two collarbones, is the temple of Lord Govinda. On the right side of the waist is the temple of Lord Viṣṇu, on