(Click to enlarge photo of Sita-Rama-Lakshman-Hanuman, Juhu)

"Hare Rāma and Sītā-Rāma the same thing. Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa or Hare Rāma Hare Rāma, there is no difference. This is also rāma-nāma, Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare. In the śāstras it is recommended, Agni Purāṇa, Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Kali-santaraṇa Upaniṣad:

    Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
    Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Besides that, when we chant Kṛṣṇa's name, we chant also Lord Rāma's name. Just like in the prayer offered by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,

    kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa
    kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he
    kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa
    kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he

    kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa
    kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa rakṣa mām
    kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa
    kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa pāhi mām

    rāma rāghava rāma rāghava
    rāma rāghava rakṣa mām
    kṛṣṇa keśava kṛṣṇa keśava
    kṛṣṇa keśava pāhi mām

So devotees, they always chant together Kṛṣṇa's name and Rāma's name. So when there is question of rāma-nāma, there is Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare. That is rāma-nāma.

So there is no partiality, that 'These people are simply after Kṛṣṇa.' Of course, we are little more attached to Kṛṣṇa, but that does not mean we do not know who is Lord Rāmacandra. We know that He is also Kṛṣṇa Himself in His different feature of pastime."
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(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Bombay, April 1, 1974)
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