In his Kaimoku-sho (On the opening of the eyes, one of Nichiren's most important doctrinal treatises), he decided 'When the bad and the ignorant fill the land, put shoju first, like Anrakugyohon (Peaceful Practices, the fourteenth chapter of the Lotus Sutra). When the wrong and the malicious are so many, put shakubuku first, like Jofukyobon' ((Bodhisattva) Never Disparaging, the twentieth chapter of the Lotus Sutra).
開目抄で「無智悪人の国土に充満の時は摂受を前（さき）とす、安楽行品（あんらくぎょうぼん）の如し。邪智謗法の者多き時は折伏を前とす、常不軽品（じょうふきょうぼん）の如し」と定めた。