放下屠刀 meaning in English

drop [lay down] the butcher's knife -- to reform an evildoer into a good person

Three days after listening to my lecture , he will be initiated and attain sainthood immediately .
师父说：他剃度洗涤乾净，听经三天后印心，即证阿罗汉果。真是放下屠刀，立地成佛。
True self . as long as we look inwardly , we will know that we are god . there is a statement in the buddhist scriptures : " lay down your slaughtering knife and become a buddha
我们的注意力都放在外面，所以忘记真我，一往内边看就知道自己是佛了，所以佛经上说：放下屠刀立地成佛，事实上只要一放下这个世界，立刻就在涅盘里。