"image hall". Building housing an image of the temple's founder, equivalent to a Zen sect's kaisan-dō. mi-dō (御堂) – a generic honorific term for a building which enshrines a sacred statue. Miroku Nyorai (弥勒如来) – Japanese name of Maitreya. mon (門) – a temple's gate, which can be named after its position (nandaimon: lit. "great southern gate"), its structure (nijūmon: "two storied gate"), a deity (Niōmon: lit. "Nio gate"), or its use (onarimon: lit. "imperial visit gate", a gate reserved to the Emperor). The same gate can therefore be described using more than one term. For example, a Niōmon can at the same time be a nijūmon. nandaimon (南大門) – the main southern gate of a temple, in particular that at Nara's Tōdai-ji. See also mon. nijūmon (二重門) – a two-storied gate with a roof surrounding the first floor. See also mon. Niōmon (仁王門 or 二王門) – a two-storied or high gate guarded by two wooden guardians called Niō. See also mon. noborirō (登廊) – a covered stairway at Nara's Hasedera. pagoda – see stupa and tō. sai-dō (斎堂) – the refectory at a Zen temple or monastery. See also jiki-dō. sandō （参道）- the approach leading from a torii to a shrine. The term is also used sometimes at Buddhist temples too. sanmon (三門 or 山門) – the gate in front of the butsuden. The name is short for , lit. Gate of the three liberations. Its three openings (, and ) symbolize the three gates to enlightenment. Entering, one can free himself from three passions (貪 ton, or greed, 瞋 shin, or hatred, and 癡 chi, or "foolishness"). See also mon. Its size depends on the temple's rank. (See photos.) sanrō (山廊) – small buildings at the ends of a two-storied Zen gate containing the stairs to the second story. sekitō (石塔) – a stone pagoda (stupa). See also tō shichidō garan (七堂伽藍) – a double compound term literally meaning "seven halls" (七堂) and "(temple) buildings" (伽藍). What is counted in the group of seven buildings, or shichidō, can vary greatly from temple to temple and from school to school. In practice, shichidō garan can also mean simply a large complex. Nanto Rokushū and later non-Zen schools: The shichidō garan in this case includes a kon-dō, a tō, a kō-dō, a shōrō, a jiki-dō, a sōbō, and a kyōzō. Zen schools: A Zen shichidō garan includes a butsuden or