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�@This priests' Hall is where the priests in training practice zazen. This hall is lined with platforms called tan on which are tatami mats. Each priest-trainee has just one tatami mat, about 1 by 2 meters, on which to do zazen, eat, and sleep.�@Not only zazen, but eating and sleeping as well are performed as religious practices. Talking or reading thus is never allowed here.

�@At the center of the hall is a statue of Monju Bosatu, the bodhisattva of wisdom.