Terms of Use

Chanting Hall — trial build. Last updated: 2026-11-11. ← Back to the hall

1. What Chanting Hall is

Chanting Hall is a quiet online space where people sit together — each on their own device — and follow along with Buddhist chanting (the Heart Sutra, the Six-Syllable Mantra) or silent sitting. It is a tool for personal practice and reflection. Chanting Hall is not a temple, not a religious organisation, and not affiliated with any monastery or lineage.

2. No accounts

There are no user accounts, no registration and no passwords. Nothing on this page asks who you are. Your settings and practice records are stored only in your own browser (see the Privacy page).

3. No donations, no paid blessings

Chanting Hall does not accept donations in any form, and nothing here is sold as a religious service. In particular:

• There is no paid incense, no paid blessing, no paid prayer, and no "merit" for sale. The incense offering in the hall is a free ritual available to everyone, with no paid tiers.
• No ranking, title, seat or figure in the hall can be bought, and no display in the hall is ordered by payment.
• If paid features are ever introduced, they will be limited to non-religious items (such as visual themes, cushion styles and figure outfits) and to service features (such as statistics and offline audio) — never to religious rites.

4. No health claims

Chanting and sitting are presented as personal reflective practice only. Chanting Hall makes no claim that using this site improves health, treats any condition, or brings any supernatural benefit. Nothing here is medical advice, and nothing here replaces professional care. If you are unwell, please consult a qualified professional.

5. AI-generated content is labelled

The chanting voices and the hall artwork in this trial are generated with AI tools, and are labelled as such in the interface. They are not recordings of, or images of, real temples, monks or practitioners.

6. Scripture texts

The Heart Sutra text shown in the hall is Xuanzang's 7th-century Chinese translation, which is in the public domain. Translations and readings shown in other languages are public-domain or freely licensed texts, each credited in the interface; the full source and licence record is kept with the app (texts/TEXTS.md).

7. Shared hall conduct

In the live hall you appear only as a preset figure you choose — there are no uploads, no profiles and no chat in this trial build. Please do not attempt to disrupt the service, impersonate the service, or use automated tools to occupy seats or inflate counts. We may disconnect connections that do so.

8. Availability and changes

This is a trial build provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. The service may change, pause or close at any time. These terms may be updated; the current version will always be the one on this page.

9. Contact

Questions about these terms: support@chantinghall.com

10. Credits

Wooden-fish sound effect: ポケットサウンド (Pocket Sound) — https://pocket-se.info/. Used under the site's terms: free for commercial use with attribution.