The first type includes music that is solely religious in nature, such as the chanting of mantras, music used in special rites, and the music that lay Buddhists pay to have performed as a form of offering.
首先，我們可以把佛教音樂分成兩大類：一是宗教音樂的「本身」，包括道的體現，像是咒語，還有各種儀軌音樂，再就是大眾對僧佛的供養音樂。