One school of thought says that the mahā-mantra should be chanted in the following sequence:
hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
One school of thought says that the mahā-mantra should be chanted in the following sequence: