Three Kinds of Carts and a Burning House

In ancient times, there was a wealthy man living in a town in a certain country. One day, a fire broke out in his residence. The children, however, were oblivious to the fire. The father desperately shouted to his children to get out of the house, but they ignored his call. Out of desperation, the father called out to them claiming there were goat‐carts, deer‐carts and ox‐carts outside. Because such things were just what the children had wanted, they all came wildly dashing out of the burning house and were able to escape death. The father later purchased a cart led by a white ox.
In this parable, the father was Shakamuni Buddha himself. The children represented the people that Shakamuni Buddha had wanted to guide. The burning estate represented the society in which the people lived in. Shakamuni Buddha attempted to guide the people who were suffering from the affliction of the fire to a tranquil world, but the people who had short-sighted souls for only profit, pleasure and comfort ignored Shakamuni Buddha's plea.
Shakamuni Buddha, therefore, invented an expedient way to have people lend their ear to his sermon. The people that left the burning house to go outside are a condition represented by the goats, deer, and oxen. The white oxen represented the teachings of the Lotus Sutra.
Unbeknown to the children, various flying creatures lived in the house, such as eagles, crows, owls, magpies and pigeons and from the animal family, such things as snakes, vipers, centipedes, millipedes, wall lizards, raccoons, foxes, and rats. In addition, there was the Kuhanda, (a demon who had a large testicle that deprived people of their virility and Yaksha (a devil) and other evil spirits that were jumping and running around. When the fire broke out hell broke loose. They killed one another, drank blood, and ate the flesh of one another. This exemplified our society.
The birds flying above in the sky represented an arrogant man who attained wealth or a high social status that looked down on the people. The poisonous scorpions and vipers that caused various harm to humans symbolized people that caused trouble. Snakes symbolized vindictive people. Millipedes exemplified hated people. Pigeons exemplified timid people. Raccoons exemplified crafty persons. Owls that hide in shady spots exemplified crafty behind-the-scenes people. Or like Kuhanda, a metamorphosis, or people living with a soul of envy that are mutually engaged in greed, deception, quarreling and flattering are like the devil, Yaksha. This expedient story attempts to illustrate the ugly and filthy events that take place in this earthly world.

What methods of ‘Butchiken’ did Shakymuni Buddha use to lead the people possessed with suffering and perplexity to a world of tranquility, and to open the doors to Buddha-wisdom?
The Lotus Sutra is not a recording of Shakamuni Buddha's words, but is constructed like a script of a drama. Moreover, the nature of the script is quite far from reality. It appears like a dream. Chapter 11 of the Lotus Sutra, "The Emergence of the Treasure Tower" begins with an account of a treasure tower rising up out of the earth suspended in air. This event is truly an unrealistic scene not possible in this world.
From this standpoint let us study the message the Buddha elucidated in Chapter 11.