"Hare Rama" - To Whom Does It Refer?

 

 We may mention an incident that took place between two of our sanyasis while we were preaching the Hare Krishna maha-mantra in Hyderabad. One of them stated that "Hare Rama" refers to Sri Balarama, and the other protested that "Hare Rama" means Lord Rama. Ultimately, the controversy came to me, and I gave the decision that if someone says that "Rama" in "Hare Rama" is Lord Ramachandra, and someone else says that the "Rama" in "Hare Rama" is Sri Balarama, both are correct because there is no difference between Sri Balarama and Lord Rama .... Those who are aware of the vishnu-tattva do not fight over all these details.
(Srila Prabhupada in Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi-lila 5.132)
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