This is a Buddhist saying that urges people to change their evil ways and do good. It is a metaphor that once an evildoer realizes his crime and is determined to change, he can still quickly become a good person.

Putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha immediately does not mean that he became a Buddha as soon as he put down the butcher's knife. Instead, he began to repent of his past bad deeds and vowed to embark on the path to Buddhahood.

The Buddhist saying of "putting down the butcher's knife" does not refer to the actual butcher's knife that kills people. The "butcher's knife" here refers to malice, evil words, evil deeds, and all delusions, delusions, confusion, confusion, discrimination, and attachment.

So, what you said about “persuading people who cut down trees” is okay! But I always feel a little awkward, hehehe