Day 6 continues Chapter 3, A Parable

Each time through this part of the Lotus Sutra I’m reminded of those people, especially the young, “playing joyfully”:

They are not frightened at the sufferings or afraid of them. They do not dislike them or try to get rid of them. They are running about this burning house of the triple world, and do not mind even when they undergo great sufferings.

How do you reach them and awaken them? How do you cause them to act?

Sariputra! I also thought, ‘If I extol my insight, powers, and fearlessness in the presence of those living beings only by my supernatural powers and by the power of my wisdom, that is to say, without any expedient, they will not be saved because they have not yet been saved from birth, old age, disease, death, grief, sorrow, suffering and lamentation, but are burning up in the burning house of the triple world. How can they understand the wisdom of the Buddha?’

What toys could catch the attention of the children today? Perhaps a Pokemon stop outside the walls of the burning house, safe from the dangers inside.