法話|ほうわhouwa[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounBuddhist sermon
   教区きょうく牧師ぼくしは法話ほうわの時ときしばしば聖書せいしょに言及げんきゅうする。↗

   The vicar often refers to the Bible in his sermon.

• Synonym説法せっぽうWrittenWritten-style word for expounding the Buddhist teachings; figuratively, holding forth on principles or moralizing, as in the idiom 「釈迦に説法」.
• Synonym説教せっきょうNeutralCovers religious preaching, but in everyday speech it usually means lecturing or scolding someone, as in 「親に説教される」.
• Synonym法談ほうだんNeutralRare synonym of 「法話」 with much the same meaning; stresses expounding the essential principles of Buddhist teachings.
• Related教誨きょうかいFormalFormal term for guidance and admonition; nowadays mostly the counselling and moral education of prison inmates, not a monk's sermon.
• Related道話どうわWrittenWritten and rare: stories or parables told to expound religious teachings — exempla rather than the sermon itself.

For a monk's talk on Buddhist teachings, 「法話」 is the default, as in 「法話を聞く」. 「説法」 also covers expounding the faith, and 「説教」 is the everyday word for a lecture or scolding. 「教誨」, 「法談」 and 「道話」 are rarer, specialized terms.

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1. 僧侶そうりょが行おこなう仏法ぶっぽうに関かんする話はなし。説教せっきょう。