One of the seven judges this year was musicologist Lin Ku-fang, who has for many years been a follower of Chinese Zen Buddhism. Lin expresses the hope that a synthesis of religious and artistic elements can be achieved within Buddhist music, so elevating the form to a higher realm. To begin with, Buddhist music can be separated into two main types.
在此，七位評審之一、本身修行禪宗多年的音樂學者林谷芳提出他的看法，他期待佛教音樂在宗教精神與音樂藝術兩種層面上，能有道、藝相容的更高境界。