Hare Krsna or Hare Rama first?

These are all according to Vedic injunction. This Hare Krsna movement is not a manufactured way. This is actually following the Vedic principle. This is Agni-Purana, Brahmanḍa-Purana, Brahma-vaivarta-Purana and Kali-santarana-Upanisad. There are many Vedic literatures, they are recommended this Hare Krsna. Sometime it is said, "Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare"; sometime it is "Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare." So people become puzzled which one should be first vibrated. So any one you can vibrate. Either you chant Hare Krsna or Hare Rama in the beginning, it doesn't matter. There is no difference between the holy name of Krsna and Rama. But still, there is some distinction. In the sastra it is said that "If you chant one thousand times Lord Visnu's name, that is equal to chanting one name of Lord Rama." Sahasra, sahasra, Visnu-sahasra-nama. And if you chant three times Lord Rama's name, it is equal to one time chanting Krsna's name. This is the sastric injunction.    (More...)