Buddhist chanting, simple and solemn in tone, can be heard throughout the day at the monastery: at class time, during meals, and as part of sutra-reading rituals. Master Yung Pen, vice executive director of the Fokuangshan Foundation for Buddhist Culture & Education, says: "For monks, chanting scripture is not a matter of artistic expression, but is rather a manifestation of the Truth."
不論是早晚課、早午晚齋的「五堂功課」，或是講經作法儀式，佛教的梵唄唱誦經常不斷地重複，曲調也力求樸素莊嚴，「對出家人而言，所有的唱誦不在藝術性的表現，而是一種道的體現」，佛光山文教基金會副執行長永本法師表示。一音說法