In the Zen temples, Kuri is a place to cook meals for the priests including chief priest and mainly learned priests and for the altar of Buddha, and it is also used as So-do Hall (A hall for meditation).
禅寺では、学僧を中心として住僧以下の僧侶や仏前に供える食事を調理する場所で僧堂と兼ねる。