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This is so beautiful...
Gate, gate means gone, gone; paragate means gone over; parasamgate means
gone beyond (the other shore of suffering or the bondage of samsara); bodhi
means the Awakened Mind; svaha is the Sanskrit word for homage or
proclaimation. So, the mantra means "Homage to the Awakened Mind which has
crossed over to the other shore, freed from suffering.