Our Reading Suggests That the Chanting of Scriptures in Buddhism

question 15

Multiple Choice

Our reading suggests that the chanting of scriptures in Buddhism may be less about music than the use of singing in Christianity because

• A) Jesus sang hymns, but the Buddha probably did not.
• B) Buddhist chanting just is not as beautiful as, for example, the music of Bach.
• C) Buddhism started later than Christianity and had to borrow musical styles from other cultures.
• D) monotheism supports in a way Buddhism does not the view that "only you can make this world seem right."

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