[W]hen teaching I think it is very important to keep in mind what both Nichiren and the Buddha taught: to only speak of what is true and beneficial, and to speak at the appropriate time – when the listener will be the most receptive to the message or at least when a warning must be given even if it will be rejected. While the truth may be agreeable or disagreeable to the listener, it is important that we make sure we are speaking out of compassion and not arrogance, egoism, or some misguided sectarianism. Really, I think the application of the ways of embracing and subduing come down to our own good sense. In the end, it is about embracing what is wholesome in others and in ourselves whenever we can, but also subduing what is unwholesome in ourselves and others when that is called for. It is about encouraging the cultivation of Buddhism until the fulfillment of its highest aim, but also subduing any complacence or other negative attitudes or unwholesome attachments that would prevent the realization and actualization of Buddhism’s highest aim.