Some contemporary Buddhist music has been heavily influenced by the ecclesiastical singing of the West, however, encouraging a sense of sublimity instead of emphasizing Buddhist notions.
然而，現在一些佛教音樂，在合唱、發聲，或是作曲觀念上受到西方聖歌的影響太大，變成一種歌德式教堂的崇高感，而非佛教強調緣生緣滅、慈悲喜捨的生命情調。