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Zendō
Japanese meditation hall / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zendō (禅堂) (Chinese: Chántáng) or senbutsu-jō (選仏場) is a Japanese meditation hall. In Zen Buddhism, the zen-dō is a spiritual dōjō where zazen (sitting meditation) is practiced. A full-sized Zen Buddhist temple will typically have at least one zen-dō as well as a hon-dō ("main hall", but sometimes translated as "Buddha hall"), which is used for ceremonial purposes, plus a variety of other buildings with different functions. However, any place where people go to practice Zen can be referred to as a zen-dō.
"Zendo" redirects here. For other uses, see Zendo (disambiguation).
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