But the teachings also say to take personal experience and science over any book teachings or otherwise from other people, and chanting (if you listen to the vi

But the teachings also say to take personal experience and science over any book teachings or otherwise from other people, and chanting (if you listen to the video in the article, it's chanting they are talking about, not really music) has been shown in studies to relieve stress and have benefits: https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-researchers-find-that-religious-chanting-reduces-stress/ https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-researchers-find-that-rel... Personally, I meditate with Chan Buddhists who aren't nearly as chant crazy as the Pure Land Buddhists, but even they have a chant about the five skandhas before we start quiet meditation.