The representatives of the Four Noble Worlds are preceded by Namu on the Gohonzon. The representatives of the Lower Six Worlds, for example, Devedatta, are not. This resolves the issue. Devedatta and the world of Hell is an integral part of life but he, as well as, the other representatives of the Lower Six Worlds, are not to be worshiped. That is the criticism leveled against the Nichiren Shu by the true followers of Nichiju (Jumonryu) against the Nichiren Shu. The Nichiren Shu, in some temples practice the separate enshrinement of Kishimojin and her Ten Daughters (a representation of the World of Hunger)
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