法堂はっとう

noun

lecture hall (Buddhist temple, esp. Zen)

A hall within a Buddhist temple where the abbot or senior monk delivers sermons; especially associated with Zen temples.

• 禅ぜん寺でらの法堂はっとうで老ろう師しの説せっ法ぽうを聞きいた。

  I listened to the master's sermon in the lecture hall of the Zen temple.