Gate Gate Mantra

The Gate Gate Mantra is one of the most powerful chants that rekindle the aspiration to achieve enlightenment.

Through this mantra, we can perceive the essence of the Heart Sutra. It helps you to be unwavering on your path to achieve your intention.

The Gate Gate Mantra is part of the Ancient Medicine Buddha Mantras album.

For a more thorough explanation of the mantra, look below:

Gate : Means gone.

Para gate : Signifies gone to the further shore and is a stock Sanskrit expression used by Buddhists and Jains to refer to arahants. (The word para signifies the bank of a river opposite to the one on which one is presently standing.

Para sam : Gate signifies completely gone to the further shore. (The syllable sam means: altogether, thoroughly, or completely.)

Bodhi : This is a feminine noun that signifies awakening, knowledge, and enlightenment.

Swaha : This syllable is used at the end of a chanting that accompanies a burnt offering made at a Vedic sacrifice This syllable cannot be translated since it is a performative word.

As such, the Gate Gate mantra is often referred to by its full Sanskrit form or simply as the Heart Sutra mantra. This shloka maintains a consistent understanding in terms of mantra meaning.

Alternate names for this mantra might include variations like the Heart Sutra Mantra or the Prajnaparamita Mantra, given its association with the Prajnaparamita literature and the teachings on emptiness.

The Gate Gate Mantra holds several benefits for the mind of both the chanter and the listener.

Listening to this empowering Buddha mantra along with meditation helps you in the following ways.

The mantra is a beautiful tool to release stress, doubt, and negativity that holds you back

With regular practice, you will be able to bolster your intention and stay strong on your path to enlightenment

This powerful chant helps the mind heal from the suffering of over-attachment

The Gate Gate Mantra is the final verse of the Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra. It reminds the mind to release all unwanted attachments that hold you back.

This mantra is traditionally practiced by Buddhists to realign their mind and body to the path of enlightenment.

It is the driving force that guides them to their core intention.