精舎

Japanese
Kanji in this term
精 舎
しょう
Grade: 5		 しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 5

Noun

精舎 (hiragana しょうじゃ, rōmaji shōja, alternative reading せいしゃ, rōmaji seisha)

  1. a monastery, a temple, a convent
  2. vihara, a Buddhist monastery, Buddhist temple
    • 2019 February 23 (last accessed) “Zenkoku no shōja [The nation’s vihara]”, in Nihon Theravada Bukkyō Kyōkai [Japan Theravada Buddhist Association]‎:
      ゴータミー精 (しょう)舎 (じゃ)は初 (しょ)期 (き)仏 (ぶっ)教 (きょう)（テーラワーダ仏 (ぶっ)教 (きょう)・上座 (かみざ)仏 (ぶっ)教 (きょう)）を学 (まな)び、実 (じっ)践 (せん)する「お釈 (しゃ)迦 (か)様 (さま)のお寺 (てら)」です。旧玉川 (きゅうたまがわ)上水 (じょうすい)の遊 (ゆう)歩 (ほ)道 (どう)に面 (めん)した精 (しょう)舎 (じゃ)では、スリランカやミャンマーの長老方 (ちょうろうかた)の指 (し)導 (どう)による瞑 (めい)想 (そう)会 (かい)・勉 (べん)強 (きょう)会 (かい)などが開催 (かいさい)されています。
      Gōtamī Shōja wa shoki Bukkyō (Tērawāda Bukkyō Kamiza Bukkyō) o manabi, jissen suru “Oshaka sama no otera” desu. Kyūtamagawa jōsui no yūhodō ni menshita shōja de wa, Suriranka ya Myanmā no chōrō kata no shidō ni yoru meisō kai benkyō kai nado ga kaisai sarete-imasu.
      Gōtamī Vihara studies and practices the early Buddhism (Theravada Buddhism, Sthaviravāda) of “the temple of Gautama Buddha”. The monastery faces the Kyutama River esplanade, where senior monks from Sri Lanka or Myanmar hold mediation and study sessions and events.

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