Buddhist seminary
A place for Buddhist doctrinal study and debate, often within a temple complex.
彼は若い頃、京都の談義所で仏教を学んだ。
In his youth, he studied Buddhism at a seminary in Kyoto.
Compound of 談義 (dangi, 'discussion, sermon') and 所 (sho, 'place'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term refers to a place for Buddhist doctrinal discussion.