Gate Gate Paragate
Mahayana Buddhism गते गते पारगते पारसंगते बोधि स्वाहा Gate Gate Paragate Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha "Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone utterly beyond — awakening, hail!" Chords — Key of D · Flowing (~72 bpm pulse); light and airy over a quick strum underneath DGate gate GparagaDte BmParasamgaGte, bodhi svaDha Word by Word Gate — gone \| Gate — gone \| Paragate — gone beyond \| Parasamgate — gone utterly / completely beyond \| Bodhi — awakening, enlightenment \| Svaha — hail! / so be it Full Translation The closing mantra of the Heart Sutra, the most famous of the Prajnaparamita ("Perfection of Wisdom") teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. Rather than naming a deity, it expresses the journey of consciousness moving beyond all fixed views into the open, liberated awareness of enlightenment. It is chanted as the distilled essence of the wisdom that "sees through" the illusion of a separate, solid self. Pronunciation Tips GAH-tay GAH-tay PAH-rah-gah-tay PAH-rah-sahm-gah-tay BOH-dhee SVAH-hah Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice. kirtans.com/mantras/gate-gate-paragate

Mahayana Buddhism

गते गते पारगते पारसंगते बोधि स्वाहा

Gate Gate Paragate

Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha

"Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone utterly beyond — awakening, hail!"

Chords — Key of D · Flowing (~72 bpm pulse); light and airy over a quick strum underneath

DGate gate GparagaDte

BmParasamgaGte, bodhi svaDha

Word by Word

Gate — gone | Gate — gone | Paragate — gone beyond | Parasamgate — gone utterly / completely beyond | Bodhi — awakening, enlightenment | Svaha — hail! / so be it

Full Translation

The closing mantra of the Heart Sutra, the most famous of the Prajnaparamita ("Perfection of Wisdom") teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. Rather than naming a deity, it expresses the journey of consciousness moving beyond all fixed views into the open, liberated awareness of enlightenment. It is chanted as the distilled essence of the wisdom that "sees through" the illusion of a separate, solid self.

Pronunciation Tips

GAH-tay GAH-tay PAH-rah-gah-tay PAH-rah-sahm-gah-tay BOH-dhee SVAH-hah

Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice.

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