他這些個女人本來在皇宮裡頭很守規矩的，見著你這麼一個怪人，她們都不守規矩了。大約，她們都對你生了一種愛心，於是乎他就非常妒忌了；妒忌，發起火了，他就說：「喂！你這個怪人，在這兒幹什麼的啊？」忍辱仙人說：「我在這兒修忍辱啊！」「什麼叫忍辱啊？J忍辱仙人說：「忍辱就是人家罵我，我也忍；人家打我，我也忍；人家對我怎麼樣不好，我也要忍。」歌利王說：「我不相信你這個話；你這簡直是騙人的嘛！世間人怎麼可以人罵他，他也忍辱；打他，他也忍辱。」這個忍辱仙人說：「不但罵我，我忍辱；打我，我忍辱；有人把我殺了，我都忍著。」
歌利王說：「你們大家聽聽，他對著我來打妄語，說有人要殺了他，他都忍。好！現在我不殺你。你是真能忍嗎？」
忍辱仙人說：「你可以試一試啊！」歌利王說：「好！我可以試一試；我不可以試一試，我都要試一試。你以為我不敢試嗎？哼！你說殺了你，你也忍辱，現在我不殺你！」怎麼樣呢？拿出寶劍來把耳朵就給割下來一個，說：「你痛不痛啊？」
忍辱仙人說：「這個沒有關係。」
這歌利王說：「他儘是打妄語。我不相信割下一耳朵，他心裡不生一種瞋恨心的。割下來很痛的，他現在還說沒有關係。好，把你那一隻耳朵也給你割下來！」把那個耳朵又給割下來，割下來說：「現在怎麼樣啊？你還沒有關係嗎？」
忍辱仙人說：「當然沒有關係囉！」這歌利王更發火了，說：「對著我來打妄語，割你耳朵你都沒有關係。好！把鼻子也給割下來！」把這個忍辱 仙人的鼻子也給割下來了，說：「這回你怎麼樣啊？你快講真話，不要再打妄語了。我最討厭的，就是你明明瞋恨，你說你不瞋恨，這是打妄語嘛！」
忍辱仙人說：「沒有關係，鼻子沒有了，不要緊的。」「那好！你鼻子沒有不要緊，我現在把你手給你剁下來一隻，你瞋恨不瞋恨？」忍辱仙人說：「我不瞋恨。」「那不瞋恨最好了，這回我把你那一個手也給你剁下來，看看你怎麼樣，我要成就你的道業！你修忍辱行，旁人不敢這麼對付你，我是個皇帝，我就殺了你，也不犯罪的。」
於是乎，把他那隻手又給斬下來了，說：「怎麼樣？現在你很高興了吧！兩個手都沒有了，你一定是沒有瞋恨心！」忍辱仙人說：「當然了，的確地，你是明白我，我沒有瞋恨心。」歌利王火氣更大了：「世界沒有這樣的人。把手給你剁去，你不生瞋恨，那我再給你把腳也給剁下來一隻。」於是乎，把腳又剁下一隻，說：「現在你後悔了吧！啊？你這個忍辱行修得把腳也修沒有了，手也修沒有了，還剩一隻腳。你這回若講老實話，我還可以原諒你。你倒是瞋恨不瞋恨？」
忍辱仙人說：「我不瞋恨。那腳沒有就沒有了嘛！只要你歡喜做的事情，你就做囉！」歌利王說：「啊！他還這麼咬著牙打妄語。」於是乎，把那隻腳也給剁去了，說：「你現在怎麼樣啊？兩隻手也沒有了，兩隻腳也沒有了，鼻子也沒有了，兩個耳朵也沒有了，你現在瞋恨不瞋恨？」
忍辱仙人說：「我不瞋恨。」
歌利王已經就覺得很奇怪了，這個人是有什麼邪法吧？怎麼把他身上的肉割下來，他也不痛，還說忍辱。完了他就生出一種懷疑：他真會忍辱？是假的？完了就問，說：「你說你忍辱，究竟你有什麼可以證明你是真忍辱呢？你要有一個證明，或者把你心拿出來我看一看，你真沒有瞋恨心，那才可以。」你說把手腳都給剁去了，還要把心拿出來看一看！
待續
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In the royal palace they are well behaved, but now they've fallen in love with you!" Feeling incredibly jealous, he exploded, "Hey, you freak! What are you doing here?"
The Patient Immortal replied, "I'm cultivating patience."
"What do you mean 'patience'?" the King bellowed.
"Patience means that if people scold me, I bear it. If people beat me, I bear it. No matter how badly people treat me, I still bear it."
King Kali said, "I don't believe a word you say. You are simply tricking people. How can anyone in the world tolerate a beating or scolding?"
The Patient Immortal said, "Not only can I tolerate people scolding or beating me, even if someone were to kill me, I could bear it."
King Kali fumed, "Did you hear that? He's lying right to my face. He says he would stay patient even if someone killed him. Okay, I'm not going to kill you now, but do you really think you can remain patient?"
"You can give it a try," the Patient Immortal said.
King Kali replied, "Oh, so I can try you out, can I? Even if I didn't have your permission, I would still try you out. Do you think I don't dare? Hah! You say you could bear even someone trying to kill you. Well, I'm not going to kill you now."
Then what did he do? He took out his sword, sliced off one of the cultivator's ears and asked him, "Does that hurt or not?"
The Patient Immortal replied, "It doesn't matter."
King Kali raged, "You are a liar! I don't believe that when I cut off your ear, you didn't get angry. It had to hurt terribly, and yet you still say, 'It doesn't matter.' Okay, I'll cut your other ear off." And he did. "How about now? Does it still not matter to you?"
The Patient Immortal replied, "Of course it doesn't matter."
That made the King even angrier. "You lie right to my face and say it doesn't matter that I've cut off your ears. All right, I'll cut off your nose." Then he cut off the Patient Immortal's nose and asked, "What about now? You'd better hurry up and tell the truth. Don't keep lying. What I can't stand most is that you are obviously full of anger, but you say you're not. That's a lie."
The Patient Immortal said, "It still doesn't matter. It's not important that I don't have a nose."
The King said, "Fine, you don't mind not having a nose. I'll chop off one of your hands. There. Are you angry now?"
The Patient Immortal said, "I'm not angry."
"Wonderful," said the King, "you're not angry, so now I'll chop off your other hand and see how you take it. I want to help you accomplish your work in the Way. You cultivate patience, and no one else would dare challenge you like this. I'm an Emperor, and even if I killed you, I wouldn't commit any crime." Then he hacked off his other hand. "How about now? You must be very happy. Both your hands are gone, and you definitely aren't angry, right?"
The Patient Immortal said, "Of course not. You really do understand me. I'm not angry."
That enraged King Kali even more. "There isn't anyone in the world who wouldn't be angry if both his hands were cut off. Well, then, I'll chop off one of your feet." He did so, and asked, "Now aren't you sorry? You've cultivated patience to the point that now you don't have any hands, and you are missing a foot. You've only got one foot left. Right now if you tell me the truth, I can still let you off easy. Really, are you angry or not?"
The Patient Immortal said, "I'm not angry. If my feet are gone, they're gone. Do what you like."
King Kali said, "He's lying through his teeth!" and he cut off his other foot. "How about now?" he asked. "You're missing both ears, your nose, both hands and both feet. Are you angry?"
The Patient Immortal said, "I'm not angry."
The King was perplexed by the bizarre situation. He said to himself, "This person must have some kind of trick. I've cut off so much of his flesh, but it doesn't hurt him, and he still says he's being patient." He started to wonder, "Is he really being patient, or is he faking it?" He turned to the cultivator and asked, "You say you're being patient, but ultimately what proof is there that you're really patient? You've got to have some proof. Maybe I should take out your heart and see if there's any anger in it or not. Only then am I done." He'd already chopped off the Patient Immortal's hands and feet, and now he wanted to take out his heart and look at it!
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