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33/39 Dotoku

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Expressing the Truth

Do means “to speak” and toku means “to be able,” so do-toku literally means “being able to say something.” But over time the meaning of do-toku changed to “expressing the truth” or “an expression of the truth.” In this chapter, Master Dogen explained the meaning of do-toku, or expressing the truth, from his standpoint.