堂どう奥おう

noun

inner sanctuary of a temple; secret knowledge

Literary or formal term. Literally the innermost part of a temple, but often used figuratively for profound, esoteric knowledge or the heart of a teaching.

• その僧そうは堂どう奥おうにこもって修しゅ行ぎょうを続つづけた。

  The monk secluded himself in the inner sanctuary and continued his training.

• 彼かれの講こう義ぎは学がく問もんの堂どう奥おうに触ふれるものだった。

  His lecture touched upon the secret depths of scholarship.