止觀輔行傳弘決 3.33

3.33

忍成相者，如羼提仙人，在於林間修行忍辱。時柯利王將諸婇女入園遊戲，飲食訖已王少睡息，諸女采華於其林間見此仙人，加敬禮拜在一面立。爾時仙人為諸女人讚歎慈忍，其言美妙聽者忘厭，久而忘去。王眠覺已，不見諸女拔劍逐蹤，見女在於仙人前立，嫉妬隆盛，恚目奮劍而擬仙人：「汝作何事？」仙人答言：「我修慈忍。」王言：「我今試汝，當以利劍斬截手足及以耳鼻。若不瞋者，乃知修忍。」仙言：「任意。」王即拔劍截其手足及以耳鼻，而問之言：「汝心動不？」答言：「我修慈忍，心不動也。」王言：「汝一身在此無有勢力。雖口言不動，誰當信者？」是時仙人即作誓言：「若我實是修慈忍者，血當為乳。」即變為乳。王大驚走，將諸婇女而去。時林中龍神，為此仙人，雨雷電霹靂，致王毒害，遂不還宮。

As for the marks of the accomplishment of patience: take, for example, the ṛṣi Kṣānti, who was cultivating patience in a forest. At that time King Kali took his court ladies into the park to disport himself. When the food and drink were finished, the king took a short rest. The women were picking flowers in the forest when they saw this ṛṣi; with heightened reverence they bowed and stood to one side. At that time the ṛṣi praised loving-kindness and patience for the women; his words were so wondrous that the listeners forgot weariness, and after a long time forgot to leave. When the king awoke from sleep and did not see the women, he drew his sword and followed their tracks. Seeing the women standing before the ṛṣi, jealousy flared up fiercely; with angry eyes and brandishing his sword, he leveled it at the ṛṣi: "What are you doing?" The ṛṣi answered: "I am cultivating loving-kindness and patience." The king said: "I shall test you now: I shall cut off your hands and feet, as well as your ears and nose, with a sharp sword. If you do not become angry, only then will I know you cultivate patience." The ṛṣi said: "Do as you please." The king then drew his sword and severed his hands and feet, as well as his ears and nose, and asked him: "Has your mind been moved or not?" He answered: "I cultivate loving-kindness and patience; my mind has not been moved." The king said: "You are a single person here with no power. Though you say with your mouth that it has not been moved, who will believe you?" At that time the ṛṣi made a vow: "If I am truly cultivating loving-kindness and patience, let my blood turn into milk." It immediately changed into milk. The king, greatly frightened, fled, taking his court ladies away. At that time the nāgas and spirits in the forest, on behalf of this ṛṣi, rained down thunder and lightning, inflicting poisonous harm on the king, so that in the end he did not return to the palace.