Therefore, as it was quite appropriately described by Nichiren, that both shoju and shakubuku are important means for leading people to the true teaching of Buddhism, although the terms appear to be different but they were united in Kedo-ho (means of enlightening and leading people to goodness) and they cannot exist separately.
従って、日蓮がいみじくも指摘したように、摂受も折伏も異なるように見えるが、仏の正しい法へと導くための大事な手だてであり、どちらも離れて存在し得ない化導法である。