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== Buddhist music ==
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[[Buddhist music]] is music created for or inspired by [[Buddhism]] and part of [[Buddhist art]].

===Buddhist chanting===
[[Buddhist chant]]ing is a form of musical verse or incantation, which is similar to religious recitations of other faiths. Buddhist chanting is the traditional means of preparing the mind for [[Buddhist meditation|meditation]], especially as part of formal practice (in either a lay or monastic context). Some Buddhist traditions also use chanting as a form of [[Buddhist devotion|devotional practices]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kariyawasam |first=A.G.S. |url=http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/kariyawasam/wheel402.html |title=Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka |publisher=[[Buddhist Publication Society]] |year=1995 |series=The Wheel Publication |location=Kandy, Sri Lanka |access-date=9 June 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328021534/http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/kariyawasam/wheel402.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Apart from chanting, in certain Buddhist traditions, offerings of music are given in honor of the [[Triple Gem]], consisting of traditional music performed by specialists, or of the ritual music that accompanies the chanting. One significant example lies in Sri Lankan tradition, where a traditional ceremony is performed by drummers as a musical offering, also popularly known as "Sabda-Puja".