This putting down does not mean putting down the knife in your hand, but putting down the evil in your heart. Buddhism is different from strict laws to maintain order. My simple understanding should be a spiritual sublimation or enlightenment. Then the person who put down the butcher's knife is actually not the original person. A person's thought is its essence. Is it necessary to punish a good man?

"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot" Source: Song Zhuxi's "Zhuzi Language" Volume 30: "Don't move, you will see your efforts. Buddhism said to put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot. "

The so-called "there are many monks in front of hell" is neither a Buddhist language nor a Taoist language, but comes from some Buddhist altars and mediums after the Ming Dynasty. Most Zhai believers come from their families. They plagiarized some nouns and concepts from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and speciously formed a new secret association of religions and folk beliefs. Because they are in the religious organization of the family, they have to take a hostile attitude towards the monks and Taoists who have become monks and Taoists under the conflict of interests of rejecting other religions and absorbing believers. Therefore, the slogan of "Taoism can reduce fire" is circulated, and it is advocated that it is easy for laymen to practice Taoism. Through word of mouth in the streets and lanes, they have become a buzzword that "there are many monks and Taoists in front of hell", which can not only vilify the image of monks and Taoists, but also deter outstanding laymen from becoming monks and Taoists. But it's not from Buddhist scriptures, so don't mind. However, it must be pointed out that this slogan is a story fabricated by Zhai believers with the aim of insulting Buddhism and Taoism.