禅ぜん室しつ

noun

zazen meditation room; room for Buddhist practice

A room specifically used for zazen (seated meditation) or other Buddhist practices within a temple.

See also: 座禅

• 禅ぜん室しつで座ざ禅ぜんを組くむ。

  I sit in meditation in the zazen room.

noun

Zen monk's quarters

The living quarters of Zen monks within a temple.

• 修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうは禅ぜん室しつで寝ね起おきする。

  Trainee monks sleep and wake in the Zen monks' quarters.

noun

head priest of a Zen temple

Rare metonymic use referring to the head priest, derived from the room they occupy.

• 禅ぜん室しつが法ほう話わをされた。

  The head priest gave a Dharma talk.