梵網經菩薩戒本疏 6.12

6.12

First, regarding the intention behind establishing the precept: the leader of a bodhisattva assembly ought in principle to have a compassionate mind, gathering and comforting the assembly, practicing good, and guarding the wealth of merit; but if being a leader deviates from proper decorum, paths of evil karma will arise, and therefore [this precept] had to be instituted. Specifically demonstrating how it violates and destroys the three clusters of pure precepts can be understood by analogy with the explanations.