252 Krsna, 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 dnandamaya 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 tran-
scendental 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 Krsna
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 Krsna. For such
persons, great sages have recommended the yogic process whereby one
gradually rises from meditation on the adbomen, which is called mailadhara
or manipiiraka meditation. Miladhara and manipiraka are technical terms
which refer to the intestines within the abdomen. 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-gita as
vaisvanara. Lord Krsna saysin the Bhagavad-gita that He helps the digestion
in the form of vaigvanara. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-
pervasive; therefore, His presence as vaisvdnara is not extraordinary.

Krsna is actually present everywhere. The Vaisnava, therefore, marks
his body with temples of Visnu: he first marks a tilaka temple on the
abdomen, 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 Vaisnava are known
as follows: On the forehead is the temple of Lord Keéava, on the belly is
the temple of Lord Narayana, on the chest is the temple of Lord Madhava,
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 Visnu, on
