Novice monks and nuns are still susceptible to the emotive, sometimes spellbinding power of music, and are particularly at risk from the decadent excesses of pop music, which can contaminate their minds with worldly thoughts and lure them away from Buddha.
因為對初學修行者而言，深刻感人、觸發情感的音樂，容易令人心生悲歡、執迷其中，至於靡靡庸俗的流行歌曲，更易令出家人沾染凡心，離道返俗，對於佛教強調解脫開悟的禪性也有干擾。