Furthermore, Dokaku took an oath to devote his entire life toward two tasks; to collect the scattered and ultimately lost Buddhist scriptures and books and to build an Issai-kyo Zo (a depository to keep the complete collection of scriptures).
さらにこれ以後、散逸した経典や群書の蒐集と一切経蔵建立の運動に一生を捧げることを誓った。