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URGENT!!! BUDDHISM

In the parable of the burning house in the Lotus Sutra, what does the ox-cart that the children receive represent?

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A further interpretation is to see the the goat, deer, and ox carts as representing the early teachings of Buddhism, as the teachings of Hinayana Buddhism (the Mahayana term for the Buddhism that preceded it), and the cart pulled by white bullocks to 'The Lotus Sutra' which, when followed, leads to Buddhahood.